Surname Galli in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Galli live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<10), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5), Porec (<5), and in Daruvar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Galli (including: Gallie , Ghally , Gally , Ghalli and Gaalli ) is present in 96 countries worldwide. "Gally " is used by some 800 people in France , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Sudan. "Ghally " is used by some 2000 people in Egypt , small number in Saudi Arabia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Galli, Andreja Galli, Paloma Galli, Giulio Galli, Daniele Galli, Toma Galli, Silvia Galli, Gordana Galli, Dragica Galli, Marco Galli, Božo Galli, Giuseppe Galli, Lina Galli, Roberta Galli, Mirjana Galli, Zlatko Galli, Slavka Galli, Vladimir Galli, Fabio Galli

Mentions in sources

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

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