Maratović families are Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and in Slavonski Brod area. In Vrhovina in Slavonski Brod area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Maratović.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Maratović live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Vrhovina in Slavonski Brod area (20), Osijek (15), Kompolje (15), Slavonski Brod (15), and in Zagreb (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Maratović (including: Maratovich , Maratovic ) is present in 16 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.