Surname Orel in modern Croatia

Orel families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Orel live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Hum na Sutli in Pregrada area (15), Pula (<10), Veli Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<10), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Orel (including: Orrell , Orell , Orelli , Ohrel , Oreel , Orrel , Orelly , Orrelly and Orhel ) is present in 80 countries worldwide. "Orell " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Spain , and some 200 people in Argentina. "Orelli " is used by some 300 people in Italy , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Brazil. "Ohrel " is used by some 200 people in France , about 90 in the United States , and some 50 people in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Edo Orel, Aleksej Orel, Darinka Orel, Ognjen Orel, Žaneta Orel, Ivan Orel, Tomislav Orel, Nada Orel, Rajko Orel, Adriana Orel, Ksenija Orel, Josipa Orel, Vladimir Orel, Bogoljub Orel, Milan Orel, Željko Orel, Zdenka Orel, Zoran Orel, Leonardo Orel

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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