Špigelski families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko and Zagreb. In places Špigelski Breg and Gorica Svetojanska in Jastrebarsko every fourth inhabitant had the family name Špigelski.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Špigelski live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Gorica Svetojanska (25), Zagreb (20), Sesvete (15), Karlovac (<10), and in Pula (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Špigelski is present in three countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
