Surname Gjeldum in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gjeldum families are Croats (from Trogir ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir and Split.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Gjeldum live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Split (10), Trogir (<10), Marinici in Rijeka area (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Drvenik in Ploce area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gjeldum is present in three countries on three continents. The family name "Gjeldum " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Anton Gjeldum, Nikola Gjeldum, Julijana Gjeldum, Dijana Gjeldum, Ante Gjeldum, Frane Gjeldum, Marjeta Gjeldum, Saša Gjeldum, Danijela Gjeldum, Ljiljana Gjeldum, Ivan Gjeldum, Jakov Gjeldum, Ivo Gjeldum, Nikolina Gjeldum, Marin Gjeldum, Nada Gjeldum, Jordan Gjeldum, Milica Gjeldum, Marko Gjeldum

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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