In Croatia, Machat families are predominantly Czechs (from Daruvar area ), rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Machat live in Croatia today, in two households only. They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Sokolovac in Daruvar area (<5), Daruvar (<5), and in Gornji Daruvar (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.