Surname Mataja in modern Croatia

Mataja families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Delnice area and in Rijeka. In Tuk Mrkopaljski in Delnice area every third inhabitant had the family name Mataja.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Mataja live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Rijeka (30), Mrkopalj in Delnice area (10), Zagreb (10), Vrbovec (<10), and in Garesnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Australia (1).
Family name Mataja (including: Mataya , Mathaya , Mataia , Mattaja , Mattayya , Mattaya , Mathaia , Mathayya and Matayya ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Mataja " is used by some 200 people in Tanzania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Indonesia. "Mataia " is used by some 60 people in New Zealand , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Mataja, Gordana Mataja, Dražen Mataja, Željko Mataja, Ana Mataja, Mario Mataja, Violeta Mataja, Josipa Mataja, Branko Mataja, Jasminka Mataja, Albert Mataja, Saša Mataja, Josip Mataja, Lidija Mataja, Ratomir Mataja, Mirjana Mataja, Damir Mataja, Nataša Mataja, Tomislav Mataja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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