Surname Mates in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mates families are Croats (from Porec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Mates live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Karlovac (<10), Zagreb (<5), Pula (<5), Porec (<5), and in Visnjan in Porec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Mates (including: Mathes , Matthes , Mattes , Mathess , Matees , Madtes , Matesh , Matesz and Matehs ) is present in 95 countries worldwide. The family name "Mates " is used by some 7000 people in Romania , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in the Philippines. "Mathes " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 8000 in Germany , and some 800 people in Brazil. "Madtes " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Karlo Mates, Dino Mates, Jozef Mates, Marina Mates, Leo Mates, Neven Mates, Valter Mates, Vera Mates, Hrvoje Mates, Herman Mates, Andrea Mates, Ion Mates, Petra Mates, Ingrid Mates, Kristina Mates, Pierina Mates, Tanja Mates, Milka Mates, Valentina Mates

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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