Gale families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Zagreb. In Kazaginac in Western Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Gale.
Prevalence
About 280 people with faimily name Gale live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Split (40), Vinkovci (25), Blato na Cetini (20), and in Bjelovar (10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
