Surname Matić in modern Croatia

Matić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia. According to some sources they are from Zadar area, very rarely Serbs, and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Zagreb. In places Liskovača and Borčani in Western Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Matić.

Prevalence

About 9300 people with faimily name Matić live in Croatia today, in 3700 households. There were 4700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 110 cities and 662 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1955), Split (510), Rijeka (275), Slavonski Brod (260), and in Dubrovnik (240).

Outside Croatia

At least 132 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (63), the United States (15), Australia (13), Switzerland (11), New Zealand (8), Austria (7), Sweden (6), Chile (2), Canada (2), the Netherlands (1), Argentina (1), South Africa (1), France (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Matić (including: Matich , Matic , Matics , Maticha , Matick , Matiec , Mathiec , Matiic , Matici and Mathic ) is present in 77 countries worldwide. The family name "Matic " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 900 in the United States , and some 800 people in Germany. "Matich " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 200 in Morocco , and some 200 people in New Zealand. "Mathiec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Matić, Zdeslav Matić, Branko Matić, Viktor Matić, Nenad Matić, Franjo Matić, Željan Matić, Andrija Matić, Marko Matić, Željko Matić, Nediljko Matić, Tin Matić, Davor Matić, Mile Matić, Robert Matić, Mirko Matić, Žarka Matić, Siniša Matić, Zlatko Matić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1710 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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