Surname Matanović in modern Croatia

Matanović families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Orasje area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area). In places Vidovice , Donji Svilaj and Kričanovo in Bosanian Posavina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Matanović.

Prevalence

About 1900 people with faimily name Matanović live in Croatia today, in 780 households. There were 540 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 65 cities and 176 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (285), Zagreb (210), Bosnjaci in Zupanja area (120), Rijeka (55), and in Zupanja (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 24 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (9), Sweden (5), Switzerland (3), Austria (2), France (2), the United States (2), and to Australia (1).
Family name Matanović (including: Matanovic , Matanovich , Matanowitsch and Mattanovich ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Matanovic " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 90 in Sweden , and some 90 people in the United States. "Matanovich " is used by small number of people in Nicaragua and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Matanović, Blanka Matanović, Miroslav Matanović, Irena Matanović, Josip Matanović, Vlado Matanović, Franjo Matanović, Davorin Matanović, Perica Matanović, Domagoj Matanović, Igor Matanović, Jelena Matanović, Mladen Matanović, Snježana Matanović, Zvonko Matanović, Drago Matanović, Goran Matanović, Zvonimir Matanović, Mijo Matanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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