Surname Galjar in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Galjar live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (15), Virovitica (<10), Sesvete (<5), and in Starogradacki Marof in Djurdjevac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Galjar (including: Gallihar , Galiar , Galyar and Galliar ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. "Galliar " is used by few people in the United States. "Gallihar " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Galjar, Jelena Galjar, Damir Galjar, Jasna Galjar, Sandra Galjar, Miroslav Galjar, Lidija Galjar, Zlatko Galjar, Marijan Galjar, Andreja Galjar, Dominik Galjar, Tomislav Galjar, Martina Galjar, Vladimir Galjar, Krešimir Galjar, Božidar Galjar, Mira Galjar, Nenad Galjar, Draženka Galjar

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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