Last name Карель (Karel 
, Карель 
) , around the globe, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Карель is characteristic of Vanuatu, where it is quite a common surname, Czechia, and Slovakia, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Indonesia, Czechia, and India. More prevalently, Карель is the forename as well as the last name.