Surname Matešić in modern Croatia

Matešić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Rijeka. In Malik in Vrbovsko area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Matešić.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Matešić live in Croatia today, in 550 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 53 cities and 99 other places, mostly in Zadar (280), Zagreb (145), Rijeka (130), Ninski Stanovi (60), and in Karlovac (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 86 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (56), Australia (13), Germany (9), Canada (4), Switzerland (1), Austria (1), Argentina (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Matešić (including: Matesic , Matesich , Mattessich , Mattesich , Matesick and Matessich ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Matesic " is used by some 400 people in the United States. "Matesich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 90 in Brazil , and small number of people in Argentina. "Matesick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krunoslav Matešić, Boris Matešić, Leo Matešić, Ivan Matešić, Goran Matešić, Mihaela Matešić, Ante Matešić, Žarko Matešić, Elvis Matešić, Christian Matešić, Marija Matešić, Višnja Matešić, Denis Matešić, Vedran Matešić, Mladen Matešić, Eduard Matešić, Irena Matešić, Jasmina Matešić, Zdenko Matešić

Mentions in sources

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

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