Surname Gilli in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gilli families are Croats by relative majority (from the Island of Pasman ), equally Italians (from Rovinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rovinj and on the Island of Pasman.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Gilli live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Rovinj (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Vinkovci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gilli (including: Gelli , Gilly , Gelly , Gillie , Ghelli , Ghilli , Gellie , Gielly and Ghilly ) is present in 89 countries worldwide. "Gillie " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 300 in Great Britain , and some 200 people in Australia. "Gilly " is used by some 1000 people in France , about 900 in the United States , and some 500 people in Iraq. "Ghelli " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 300 in Brazil , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gianfranco Gilli, Vinko Gilli, Claudio Gilli, Suzana Gilli, Adriano Gilli, Pavao Gilli, Andrica Gilli, Eufemia Gilli, Simone Gilli, Marijan Gilli, Ivan Gilli, Francesco Gilli, Giorgio Gilli, Giovanni Gilli, Livio Gilli, Susana Gilli, Šimica Gilli

Mentions in sources

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

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