Surname Matagić in modern Croatia

Matagić families are Croats and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica and Sisak. In Utolica in Hrvatska Kostajnica every eighth inhabitant had the family name Matagić.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Matagić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Sisak (40), Utolica (20), Zagreb (15), Cepin in Osijek area (<10), and in Zupanja (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matagić is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Milan Matagić, Nikola Matagić, Vladimir Matagić, Tanja Matagić, Miroslav Matagić, Željko Matagić, Ivan Matagić, Dražen Matagić, Siniša Matagić, Damir Matagić, Andrejas Matagić, Lazar Matagić, Tihomir Matagić, Stjepan Matagić, Lovro Matagić, Dragica Matagić, Miodrag Matagić, Jasna Matagić, Davor Matagić

Mentions in sources

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

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