Kegalj families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Omis area and in Split. In Cista Velika in Omis area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Kegalj.
Prevalence
About 270 people with faimily name Kegalj live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Cista Velika in Omis area (80), Split (65), Zagreb (30), Rijeka (15), and in Osijek (15).
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.