Surname Matenda in modern Croatia

Matenda families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Sinj area.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Matenda live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Solin (80), Split (25), Bjelovar (<10), Poljani (<10), and in Krusvar in Sinj area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matenda is present in 19 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Slobodan Matenda, Želimir Matenda, Branka Matenda, Miro Matenda, Mile Matenda, Zlatko Matenda, Petar Matenda, Mirjana Matenda, Robert Matenda, Željana Matenda, Anđelka Matenda, Renato Matenda, Matilda Matenda, Andreja Matenda, Snježana Matenda, Josip Matenda, Zdravka Matenda, Mate Matenda, Ante Matenda

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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