Rengel families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Virovitica.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Rengel live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Pitomaca (30), Velika Cresnjevica (20) and Sedlarica (20) in Djurdjevac area, Virovitica (15), and in Bacevac in Virovitica area (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Rengel is present in 40 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.