Surname Anđel in modern Croatia

Anđel families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Anđel live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Ivanec (15), Varazdinske Toplice (<10), Ivanecki Vrhovec (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Anđel (including: Angel , Andel , Angell , Andjel , Angely , Andiel , Andell , Angiel , Angjel and Andyel ) is present in 160 countries worldwide. "Andel " is used by some 1000 people in Czech Republic , about 800 in the United States , and some 200 people in Slovakia. "Angjel " is used by few people in the United States. "Angiel " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 70 in Poland , and small number of people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Maja Anđel, Zdravko Anđel, Srečko Anđel, Danijel Anđel, Ivan Anđel, Kristina Anđel, Ivana Anđel, Ljiljana Anđel, Tanja Anđel, Dražen Anđel, Suzana Anđel, Željko Anđel, Berislav Anđel, Romana Anđel, Robert Anđel, Mirko Anđel, Marina Anđel, Mirjana Anđel, Valentin Anđel

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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