Marincel families are Croats and they are mostly from Gospic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and in Gospic area.
Prevalence
About 240 people with faimily name Marincel live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Lipovlje (25), Otocac (20), Rijeka (20), and in Bizovac in Valpovo area (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.