In Croatia, Bakale families are generally Croats (from Ozalj ), barely Czechs (from Zapresic ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj and Karlovac.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Bakale live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Karlovac (<10), Ozalj (<10), Zagreb (<10), Podgraj (<10), and in Zadar (<5).