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Surname Pale in modern Croatia
Pale families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Dubrovnik. In Gornji Vinkovec in Sveti Ivan Zelina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Pale.
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Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Pale live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Krapina Selo in Zlatar area (25), Dubrovnik (<10), Jales Breznicki in Novi Marof area (<10), and in Radoisce (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Pale (including: Palle , Phale , Pahle , Pallie , Pallye , Palhe , Paale , Palee and Paleh ) is present in 82 countries worldwide. "Palle " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 700 in Cameroon , and some 600 people in the United States. "Palee " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pahle " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 100 in Norway , and some 100 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Predrag Pale,
Ivica Pale,
Ozren Pale,
Željko Pale,
Iva Pale,
Biserka Pale,
Danijel Pale,
Dragutin Pale,
Tihomir Pale,
Stjepan Pale,
Veljka Pale,
Marica Pale,
Božica Pale,
Božidar Pale,
Almin Pale,
Srđan Pale,
Mario Pale,
Milan Pale,
Neda Pale