Surname Matej in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Matej families are almost entirely Croats (from Slavonski Brod ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and Osijek. In Budakovac in Virovitica area every seventieth inhabitant had the family name Matej.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Matej live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Slavonski Brod (15), Osijek (<10), Gunja in Zupanja area (<10), and in Slatina (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Germany (1).
Family name Matej (including: Matei , Matey , Mathey , Matee , Mathee , Mathei , Mattey , Mateer and Mathej ) is present in 113 countries worldwide. "Matey " is used by some 3000 people in Ghana , about 2000 in Nicaragua , and some 700 people in the United States. "Mathey " is used by some 4000 people in France , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Germany. "Mateer " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 200 in Great Britain , and some 100 people in Pakistan.

Characteristic first names

Ingrid Matej, Marija Matej, Teodora Matej, Ana Matej, Damir Matej, Gordana Matej, Branka Matej, Zlatko Matej, Robert Matej, Marina Matej, Siniša Matej, Zdenka Matej, Đuro Matej, Amalija Matej, Zdravka Matej, Nikola Matej, Franjo Matej, Neven Matej, Irena Matej

Mentions in sources

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

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