In Croatia, Pahel families are Croats (from Kutina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kutina and in Grubisno Polje area.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Pahel live in Croatia today, in four households only. They are located in only five naselja i to in Kutina (<10), Zdralovi (<10), Husain (<5), Repusnica (<5), and in Krizevci (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.