Surname Kale in modern Croatia

Kale families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb. In Žirje in Sibenik every ninth inhabitant had the family name Kale.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Kale live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Sibenik (25), Zirje (15), Murter on the Island of Murter (<10), and in Opuzen (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Sweden (1).
Family name Kale (including: Kahle , Khale , Kalle , Kaale , Kallee , Kallie , Kalee , Kalhe and Kaleh ) is present in 140 countries worldwide. The family name "Kale " is used by some 80000 people in Turkey , about 10000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Indonesia. "Kalhe " is used by few people in the United States. "Kaleh " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 80 in Papua New Guinea , and small number of people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Ante Kale, Boris Kale, Jadran Kale, Eduard Kale, Vinko Kale, Marin Kale, Dario Kale, Mario Kale, Miroslav Kale, Stanislav Kale, Lidija Kale, Dragutin Kale, Branislav Kale, Vedrana Kale, Leonardo Kale, Rudolf Kale, Alisa Kale, Branko Kale, Danijela Kale

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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