Surname Ahel in modern Croatia

Ahel families are Croats and they are mostly from Crikvenica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Crikvenica. In Jadranovo in Crikvenica every seventh inhabitant had the family name Ahel.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Ahel live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Jadranovo (55), Rijeka (45), Zagreb (30), Sisak (<10), and in Kostrena in Bakr area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (8), the United Kingdom (4), Argentina (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Ahel (including: Achel , Athiel , Achtel , Achell , Achsel , Achiel , Athel , Atheel and Athell ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. "Achtel " is used by some 50 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Achsel " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Atheel " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jakov Ahel, Jadranko Ahel, Dario Ahel, Ivan Ahel, Karmela Ahel, Vladimir Ahel, Marijan Ahel, Juraj Ahel, Bruno Ahel, Irena Ahel, Mladen Ahel, Luka Ahel, Vida Ahel, Štefan Ahel, Mario Ahel, Franka Ahel, Nikolina Ahel, Ivica Ahel, Alen Ahel

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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