In Croatia, Gallovich families are mainly Croats (from Rijeka ), less frequently Italians (also from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Gallovich live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Rijeka (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Gallovich is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Gallovich " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 60 in Argentina , and some 50 people in Italy. "Gallowich " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.