Surname Matec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Matec families are generally Croats (from Zupanja ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Matec live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities, mostly in Zagreb (10), Kukuljanovo (<10), Zupanja (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matec (including: Mathez , Matez , Mattez , Mathiez , Matech and Mateez ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Matec " is used by few people in the United States. "Matez " is used by some 80 people in Tanzania , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Spain. "Matech " is used by some 100 people in Uganda , small number in Morocco , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Borislav Matec, Julka Matec, Marko Matec, Amra Matec, Vedran Matec, Čedomir Matec, Slavica Matec, Marijana Matec, Marija Matec, Zlatko Matec, Zdravko Matec, Robert Matec, Renata Matec, Ivan Matec, Dobrila Matec, Dinko Matec, Nevio Matec, Matea Matec, Sara Matec

Mentions in sources

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

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