Surname Matica in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Matica live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Kalinovac in Djurdjevac area (25), Koprivnica (10), Djurdjevac (<10), and in Srijem in Koprivnica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matica (including: Matiza , Matizha , Maticha , Mattiza , Mattica , Matizah and Mathiza ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Matica " is used by some 700 people in Romania , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Paraguay. "Mattica " is used by some 50 people in Honduras , small number in Mexico , and small number of people in the United States. "Mattiza " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Matica, Blanda Matica, Biserka Matica, Zlatko Matica, Jasminka Matica, Renata Matica, Tomislav Matica, Snježana Matica, Davor Matica, Dražena Matica, Jasmina Matica, Željko Matica, Zvonimir Matica, Dara Matica, Ana Matica, Stanislava Matica, Adrijana Matica, Jadranka Matica, Igor Matica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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