Sekol families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Zagreb. In Rinkovec in Lepoglava area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Sekol.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Sekol live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Rinkovec in Lepoglava area (15), Varazdin (10), Bednja in Lepoglava area (<10), and in Osijek (<10).
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.