Surname Matejak in modern Croatia

Matejak families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof area and in Varazdin. In Čanjevo in Novi Marof area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Matejak.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Matejak live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 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 13 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Canjevo in Novi Marof area (20), Paka (15), Garesnica (10), Zagreb (10), and in Varazdin (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matejak (including: Mateyak , Mateják and Mateyack ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. The family name "Matejak " is used by some 800 people in Poland , about 100 in Czech Republic , and some 50 people in the United States. "Mateyak " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Mateyack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Matejak, Goran Matejak, Ivana Matejak, Lida Matejak, Zvonimir Matejak, Zdravko Matejak, Željko Matejak, Milan Matejak, Marijana Matejak, Melani Matejak, Ivan Matejak, Jelena Matejak, Mirjana Matejak, Mario Matejak, Dragutin Matejak, Mladen Matejak, Jasna Matejak, Tomica Matejak, Hrvoje Matejak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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