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Surname Posel in modern Croatia
Posel families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Cakovec area. In Gornja Dubrava in Cakovec area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Posel.
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Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Posel live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 18 other places, mostly in Gornja Dubrava (25) and Nedelisce (15) in Cakovec area, Sveti Urban in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), and in Vugrisinec (<10) and Bogdanovec (<10) in Cakovec area.
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Outside Croatia
Family name Posel (including: Possel , Possehl , Posell , Posselli and Possell ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Posel " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in Poland. "Posell " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Possehl " is used by some 400 people in the United States and about 200 in Germany.
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Characteristic first names
Dušan Posel,
Dragica Posel,
Danica Posel,
Micika Posel,
Zlatko Posel,
Stjepan Posel,
Željko Posel,
Krešimir Posel,
Milena Posel,
Draženka Posel,
Mihaela Posel,
Ivan Posel,
Dragutin Posel,
Srećko Posel,
Gordana Posel,
Snježana Posel,
Sendi Posel,
Peter Posel,
Marija Posel
