In Croatia, Mazal families are generally Croats (from Pleternica ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica and Pozega. In Svilna in Pleternica every fifth inhabitant had the family name Mazal.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Mazal live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Pleternica (15), Zagreb (10), Svilna (<10), Gradac (<10), and in Pozega (<5).