In Croatia, Pohel families are Croats (from Slavonski Brod area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Pohel live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only five naselja i to in Sibinj in Slavonski Brod area (10), Slavonski Brod (<5), Cres on the Island of Cres (<5), Barbat na Rabu on the Island of Rab (<5), and in Gornji Andrijevci in Slavonski Brod area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pohel (including: Pochel , Pothel ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. "Pochel " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Poland. "Pothel " is used by some 300 people in Haiti , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.
