In Croatia, Prekali families are predominantly Croats (from Umag ), rarely Italians (from Buje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Umag and Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Prekali live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in only five naselja i to in Umag (<5), Brtonigla in Buje area (<5), Rijeka (<5), Buje (<5), and in Vilanija (<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.