Surname Matešan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Matešan families are Croats (from Split ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Omis.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Matešan live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Srinjine (25), Split (15), Podstrana in Solin area (<10), Donji Dolac (<5), and in Gornji Dolac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matešan (including: Matesan , Mathesan and Matessan ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Matesan " is used by some 600 people in Romania , about 60 in Spain , and small number of people in the United States. "Matessan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Domagoj Matešan, Josip Matešan, Ivan Matešan, Krunoslava Matešan, Katja Matešan, Dražen Matešan, Marija Matešan, Ante Matešan, Marijana Matešan, Adela Matešan, Nataša Matešan, Marijo Matešan, Katica Matešan, Miro Matešan, Snježana Matešan, Ivana Matešan, Stipe Matešan, Mladenka Matešan, Ivica Matešan

Mentions in sources

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

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