Surname Mate in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mate families are predominantly Croats (from Prelog area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Osijek area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Prelog area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Mate live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (<10), Osijek (<10), Zadar (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mate (including: Mathe , Matte , Matee , Maate , Mhate , Mahte , Madte , Mateh and Madthe ) is present in 136 countries worldwide. "Mateh " is used by few people in the United States. "Mathie " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 700 in South Africa , and some 500 people in Australia. "Mathre " is used by some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anika Mate, Sanja Mate, Krešimir Mate, Đuro Mate, Šandor Mate, Milan Mate, Dino Mate, Željko Mate, Aleksandra Mate, Vlatka Mate, Josip Mate, Adam Mate, Vladimir Mate, Ivica Mate, Darko Mate, Nives Mate, Mladen Mate, Božica Mate, Martina Mate

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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