Surname Gulam in modern Croatia

Gulam families are Croats and they are mostly from Vodice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vodice area and in Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Gulam live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Pirovac in Vodice area (80), Zagreb (25), Split (20), Zadar (20), and in Sinj (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gulam (including: Ghulam , Ghoulam , Gulaam , Gullam , Ghullam , Guulam , Gulham and Gulliam ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. "Gullam " is used by some 800 people in Tanzania , small number in Kenya , and small number of people in Malaysia , small number of people in the United States. "Gulliam " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danijela Gulam, Silvana Gulam, Anita Gulam, Šime Gulam, Miroslav Gulam, Vice Gulam, Ante Gulam, Ružica Gulam, Bruno Gulam, Valentina Gulam, Davor Gulam, Damir Gulam, Boris Gulam, Željana Gulam, Jurica Gulam, Deni Gulam, Toni Gulam, Jadranka Gulam, Petra Gulam

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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