Surname Mateljan in modern Croatia

Mateljan families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. According to some sources they are from Zastrazisca on the Island of Hvar or Kosute near Trilj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Sinj area.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Mateljan live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Split (75), Kosute in Sinj area (55), Kastel Luksic (50), Zagreb (40), and in Zastrazisce on the Island of Hvar (20).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Australia (2), France (2), New Zealand (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Mateljan (including: Matelyan , Matellian ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Mateljan " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Australia. "Matelyan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Matellian " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Mateljan, Zdravko Mateljan, Vladimir Mateljan, Nenad Mateljan, Igor Mateljan, Ivan Mateljan, Ivo Mateljan, Vlatka Mateljan, Smiljka Mateljan, Adriana Mateljan, Boris Mateljan, Ljubomir Mateljan, Natali Mateljan, Dino Mateljan, Branislav Mateljan, Zoran Mateljan, Mihailo Mateljan, Franko Mateljan, Anita Mateljan

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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