Surname Matak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 570 people with faimily name Matak live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Zadar (105), in Krneza (45) and Razanac (45) in Nin area, Zagreb (45), and in Breznicki Hum in Novi Marof area (35).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (1), the United States (1), Germany (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Matak (including: Mataac , Mathiak , Mathak , Matac , Matack , Mattack , Matakh , Mattak and Matachek ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. The family name "Matak " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 300 in Turkey , and some 200 people in the United States. "Matack " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in El Salvador. "Mathiak " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Zdenko Matak, Tomislav Matak, Ivan Matak, Alan Matak, Nikola Matak, Anamarija Matak, Ante Matak, Zdravko Matak, Jadranka Matak, Lovre Matak, Bosiljka Matak, Desa Matak, Kristijan Matak, Marijan Matak, Hrvoje Matak, Biserka Matak, Jerolim Matak, Dragutin Matak, Milka Matak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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