Surname Glad in modern Croatia

Glad families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka. In Rogi in Delnice area every second inhabitant had the family name Glad.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Glad live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Rijeka (25), Delnice (20), Ogulin (15), and in Koprivnica (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Glad (including: Gladd , Gladh , Ghelad , Glaad , Ghulad , Gholad and Ghallad ) is present in 73 countries worldwide. The family name "Glad " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 500 in South Africa , and some 500 people in France. "Gladd " is used by some 500 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Ghallad " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Matija Glad, Marin Glad, Ivanka Glad, Mladen Glad, Nada Glad, Dušan Glad, Darko Glad, Zvonimir Glad, Tomislav Glad, Damir Glad, Ivica Glad, Josip Glad, Mario Glad, Vidosava Glad, Želimir Glad, Toni Glad, Božidar Glad, Željko Glad, Renata Glad

Mentions in sources

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

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