In Croatia, Precali families are predominantly Italians (from Opatija ), rarely Croats (from Rovinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Opatija and Porec.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Precali live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rovinj (<10) and Umag (<5).
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.