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Surname Matan in modern Croatia
Matan families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Karlovac.
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Prevalence
About 300 people with faimily name Matan live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Karlovac (80), Zagreb (25), Sikirevci in Zupanja area (15), Osijek (15), and in Djakovo (15).
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Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Belgium (3) and the United States (2).
Family name Matan (including: Mathan , Mattan , Mathian , Mathran , Mahtan , Matthan , Mataan , Mathann and Madtan ) is present in 69 countries worldwide. "Mattan " is used by some 2000 people in Somalia , about 200 in the United States , and some 80 people in Belgium. "Matthan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Mathoan " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Anto Matan,
Rajko Matan,
Boris Matan,
Cela Matan,
Ivana Matan,
Ksenija Matan,
Mirela Matan,
Marko Matan,
Gordana Matan,
Tomislav Matan,
Jasmina Matan,
Željko Matan,
Mario Matan,
Danijel Matan,
Silvija Matan,
Slavko Matan,
Marina Matan,
Denis Matan,
Mihaela Matan
