In Croatia, Mačela families are predominantly Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on Peljesac Peninsula.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Mačela live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Gornja Vrucica on the Peljesac peninsula (<10).