Surname Matas in modern Croatia

Matas families are Croats and they are mostly from Kastela area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Kastela area. In Kladnjice in Kastela area every second inhabitant had the family name Matas.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Matas live in Croatia today, in 450 households. There were 870 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 38 cities and 76 other places, mostly in Split (285), Zagreb (100), Solin (80), Kladnjice in Kastela area (80), and in Kastel Stari (75).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Australia (3), the United States (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Matas (including: Mathias , Mathas , Matassa , Mattas , Matash , Mathyas , Mataas , Mathass and Madtas ) is present in 147 countries worldwide. "Mathas " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Greece , and some 300 people in Germany. "Mattas " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Greece , and some 90 people in Brazil. "Matash " is used by some 200 people in Ukraine , about 60 in Zambia , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mate Matas, Darko Matas, Vlade Matas, Zvonimir Matas, Zlatko Matas, Ivana Matas, Jozo Matas, Davor Matas, Duško Matas, Željko Matas, Gordan Matas, Marijana Matas, Ivan Matas, Antonio Matas, Irena Matas, Vladimir Matas, Branko Matas, Tonka Matas, Denis Matas

Mentions in sources

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

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