Surname Žgaljardić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žgaljardić families are generally Croats (from Pazin area ), barely Bosniaks, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and Pula. In Zatka Čepić in Labin area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Žgaljardić.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Žgaljardić live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Pula (<10), Pican in Pazin area (<10), Rijeka (<5), Opatija (<5), and in Polje Cepic in Labin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Žgaljardić (including: Zgaljardic , Zgaljardich ) is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Zgaljardic " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Zgaljardich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Žgaljardić, Jadranka Žgaljardić, Ivan Žgaljardić, Rudolf Žgaljardić, Aliče Žgaljardić, Suzana Žgaljardić, Nataša Žgaljardić, Bruno Žgaljardić, David Žgaljardić, Marija Žgaljardić, Milan Žgaljardić, Silvano Žgaljardić, Remiđo Žgaljardić, Damir Žgaljardić, Sanela Žgaljardić, Ivonne Žgaljardić, Antonio Žgaljardić, Emanuel Žgaljardić, Robi Žgaljardić

Mentions in sources

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

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