Surname Galjen in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Galjen families are Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Galjen live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Dragotina (<10), Petrinja (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Donja Cemernica in Glina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Galjen (including: Gallien , Galien and Galyen ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Galjen " is used by few people in the United States. "Galyen " is used by some 600 people in the United States and small number in Zimbabwe. "Galien " is used by some 300 people in France , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in the Netherlands.

Characteristic first names

Milan Galjen, Ankica Galjen, Janko Galjen, Jelena Galjen, Vujo Galjen, Milka Galjen, Stanko Galjen, Vasilj Galjen, Ranko Galjen, Mira Galjen, Bosiljka Galjen, Đuro Galjen, Danica Galjen, Nada Galjen, Milkica Galjen, Dragica Galjen, Nevenka Galjen, Željko Galjen, Dragana Galjen

Mentions in sources

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

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