Mataga families are Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Opuzen area. In Podgradina in Opuzen area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Mataga.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Mataga live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Opuzen (85), Zagreb (25), Podgradina in Opuzen area (15), Split (<10), and in Metkovic (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Mataga is present in 21 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.