In Croatia, Krmela families are Czechs by relative majority (from Grubisno Polje area ), less frequently Croats (also from Grubisno Polje area ), and rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Grubisno Polje area and in Bjelovar.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Krmela live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Donja Kovacica (15) and Veliki Grdjevac (<5) in Grubisno Polje area, and in Grubisno Polje (<5).