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.
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).
