Surname Matačić in modern Croatia

Matačić families are Croats and they are mostly from Lipik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lipik and in Pozega area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Matačić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Slavonski Brod (10), Sibenik (<10), Pozega (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matačić (including: Matacic , Matacas ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Matacic " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Stanislav Matačić, Đurđica Matačić, Zoran Matačić, Ivica Matačić, Kristina Matačić, Alen Matačić, Mislav Matačić, Ozren Matačić, Lovro Matačić, Koloman Matačić, Marica Matačić, Krešimir Matačić, Ivona Matačić, Lana Matačić, Ivan Matačić, Davor Matačić, Stjepan Matačić, Marija Matačić, Jasminka Matačić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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