Surname Matejčić in modern Croatia

Matejčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Crikvenica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Pazin. In Kršikla in Pazin every sixth inhabitant had the family name Matejčić.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Matejčić live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 46 other places, mostly in Crikvenica (75), Rijeka (55), Pula (40), Zagreb (30), and in Pazin (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (10), France (2), Argentina (1), Australia (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Matejčić (including: Matejcic , Mateicic , Mateychick and Mateicich ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Matejcic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Argentina , and small number of people in Canada. "Mateychick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Matejčić, Sniježana Matejčić, Frano Matejčić, Ivan Matejčić, Aljoša Matejčić, Ante Matejčić, Nikica Matejčić, Ružica Matejčić, Neven Matejčić, Tatjana Matejčić, Tamara Matejčić, Hrvoje Matejčić, Denis Matejčić, Vladimir Matejčić, Kristina Matejčić, Lenko Matejčić, Iva Matejčić, Elvis Matejčić, Franjo Matejčić

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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