Čakalić families are Croats and they are mostly from Pozega area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and in Pozega area. In Doljanovci in Pozega area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Čakalić.
Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Čakalić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Doljanovci in Pozega area (35), Zagreb (20), Osijek (20), and in Velika (15) and Cesljakovci (10) in Pozega area.
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.