Surname Mataković in modern Croatia

Mataković families are Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Duga Resa. In Mrežnički Novaki in Duga Resa every sixth inhabitant had the family name Mataković.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Mataković live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 39 other places, mostly in Karlovac (85), Mreznicki Novaki (30), Zagreb (30), Brcevec (15), and in Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mataković (including: Matakovic , Matakovich ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Matakovic " is used by small number of people in South Africa , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France. "Matakovich " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anita Mataković, Dubravko Mataković, Mihaela Mataković, Marijan Mataković, Hrvoje Mataković, Renata Mataković, Tihomir Mataković, Anđelko Mataković, Dražen Mataković, Rudolf Mataković, Irena Mataković, Marijo Mataković, Ivan Mataković, Davor Mataković, Katarina Mataković, Mirko Mataković, Helga Mataković, Darko Mataković, Jadranka Mataković

Mentions in sources

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

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