Surname Galiot in modern Croatia

Galiot families are Croats and they are mostly from Podrinje (Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Podrinje, Bosnia (Visegrad area) and in Srijem, Vojvodina. In Uništa in Podrinje (Bosnia) every third inhabitant had the family name Galiot.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Galiot live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and four other places, mostly in Knin (25), Zagreb (20), Pozega (15), Sesvete (15), and in Visnjevac (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Galiot (including: Galliot , Gallyot , Galliott and Galiothe ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Galiot " is used by some 200 people in Spain , about 90 in France , and small number of people in the United States. "Galiothe " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gallyot " is used by some 200 people in Malaysia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Galiot, Marinko Galiot, Milenko Galiot, Mijo Galiot, Josip Galiot, Mira Galiot, Danijela Galiot, Zorica Galiot, Snježana Galiot, Božo Galiot, Nada Galiot, Tomislav Galiot, Milan Galiot, Verica Galiot, Zvonko Galiot, Milojko Galiot, Igor Galiot, Marko Galiot, Pava Galiot

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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