In Croatia, Vitale families are mainly Croats (from Zagreb ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Vitale live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<10) and Pula (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1606 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.