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), Blasius (in Mraclin), Michael (in Ivanić). Today, the surnames of Galović and Galovič exist in former Yugoslavia.
See also
- Gallowitsch, German surname
- Galów, settlement in Poland
- Galović, settlement in Serbia
- Galovići, settlement in Serbia
References
- 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
- Anđela Frančić (2002). Međimurska prezimena. Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje. ISBN 978-953-6637-17-1.