In Croatia, Rel families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pakrac.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Rel live in Croatia today, in one household only. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Ivanic-Grad (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1937 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.