Štrucelj families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj and Karlovac. In places Goršćaki Ozaljski and Veliki Erjavec in Ozalj every fifth inhabitant had the family name Štrucelj.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Štrucelj live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Karlovac (15), Zagreb (10), Rijeka (<10), Fericanci in Orahovica area (<10), and in Ozalj (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Australia (1), and to the United States (1). Family name Štrucelj (including: Strucelj , Strucely ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Strucely " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
