Matečić families are Croats and they are mostly from Klanjec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Klanjec area. In Tuhelj in Klanjec area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Matečić.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Matečić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Tuhelj in Klanjec area (20), Vinkovci (15), Pristava in Klanjec area (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.