Surname Galic in modern Croatia

Galic families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Lepoglava area. In Pustodol Orehovički in Lepoglava area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Galic.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Galic live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Pustodol Orehovicki in Lepoglava area (25), Strmec in Samobor area (15), Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (15), and in Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Galic (including: Galich , Galizzi , Galiz , Galitz , Gallic , Galych , Galicz , Galiez and Gallich ) is present in 65 countries worldwide. The family name "Galic " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 2000 in Spain , and some 700 people in the United States. "Galiz " is used by some 400 people in Venezuela , about 200 in Algeria , and small number of people in the United States. "Galitz " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and small number of people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Ljerka Galic, Ivan Galic, Tanja Galic, Ana Galic, Zvonimir Galic, Branka Galic, Marijo Galic, Ljiljana Galic, Matija Galic, Sanja Galic, Dragutin Galic, Željko Galic, Marijana Galic, Kristina Galic, Katica Galic, Mihael Galic, Darko Galic, Sandra Galic, Ivica Galic

Mentions in sources

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

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