Surname Gali in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gali families are Croats (from Orahovica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica and in Zupanja area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Gali live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located and four other Croatian places, mostly in Crkvari (10), Zagreb (<10), Vinkovci (<10), Orahovica (<5), and in Nova Josava (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gali (including: Galli , Ghali , Gallie , Gaali , Galih , Galie , Galii , Gahli and Galieh ) is present in 138 countries worldwide. "Galie " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Galih " is used by some 10000 people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Taiwan. "Gally " is used by some 800 people in France , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Sudan.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Gali, Branimir Gali, Sanja Gali, Igor Gali, Dražen Gali, Gali Gali, Aleksandar Gali, Katarina Gali, Valentina Gali, Željko Gali, Sonja Gali, Koraljka Gali, Jasna Gali, Jurica Gali, Drago Gali, Edita Gali, Zlatko Gali, Mara Gali, Božo Gali

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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