Surname Galenić in modern Croatia

Galenić families are Croats and they are mostly from Dugo Selo area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dugo Selo area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Galenić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Oborovo in Dugo Selo area (15), Zagreb (15), Sesvete (<10), Ivanic-Grad (<5), and in Ruca in Ivanic-Grad area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Galenić (including: Galenic , Galenich ) is present in 8 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Željko Galenić, Darko Galenić, Branko Galenić, Vesna Galenić, Krunoslav Galenić, Davorka Galenić, Marica Galenić, Suzana Galenić, Damirka Galenić, Senka Galenić, Jasmina Galenić, Nenad Galenić, Božica Galenić, Vera Galenić, Dražen Galenić, Kristian Galenić, Goran Galenić, Zrinka Galenić, Ivica Galenić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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