Galowych, Gallowych or Gallouich (rendered as Serbo-Croatian: Galović and Slovene: Galovič) was a Slavic surname found in Habsburg Latin sources of the 16th and 17th centuries. Bearers were present in present-day Czech Republic, Slovenia and Croatia, and included Iwan, Michel, Andreas, Georgius (colonizer in Prachatice), Nicolaus (colonizer in Tišina), Stephan (colonizer in Savinja),[1] Blasius (in Mraclin),[2] Michael (in Ivanić).[3] Today, the surnames of Galović and Galovič exist in former Yugoslavia.
See also
edit- Gallowitsch, German surname
- Galów, settlement in Poland
- Galović, settlement in Serbia
- Galovići, settlement in Serbia
References
edit- ^ Josip Kolanović (1993). Sisak u obrani od Turaka. Arhiv Hrvatske. pp. 81, 105, 241, 245, 269, 716. ISBN 9789536005024.
- ^ Codex Turopoljensis. Typis A. Scholz. 1906. pp. 226, 416.
- ^ Monumenta spectantia historiam slavorum meridionalium. Academia Scientiarum et Artium Slavorum Meridionalium. 1917. p. 223.
Further reading
edit- Anđela Frančić (2002). Međimurska prezimena. Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje. ISBN 978-953-6637-17-1.