In Croatia, Kozel families are Croats (from Zapresic area ). 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 Kozel live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.