In Croatia, Tegel families are Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska and in Nova Gradiska area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Tegel live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<5), Nova Gradiska (<5), and in Dragalic in Nova Gradiska area (<5).
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.