In Croatia, Hakala families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Vukovar.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Hakala live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Ilok (<5), Donji Vuksinac in Vrbovec area (<5), and in Korenica in Otocac area (<5).