In Croatia, Štancl families are generally Croats (from Pleternica ), very rarely Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pozega.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Štancl live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Resnik (15), Velika Gorica (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Koncanica in Daruvar area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.