In Croatia, Galošić families are Croats (from Dugi (also Long) Island ), barely Italians (from Dugi (Long) Island ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on Dugi, Long Island. In Veli Rat on Dugi (Long) Island every seventh inhabitant had the family name Galošić.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Galošić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zadar (25), Verunic on Dugi (Long) Island (10), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Sesvete (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.