Surname Matijašević in modern Croatia

Matijašević families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area. According to some sources they are from Poljica, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area) and in Split. In places Mačkovac , Donji Zovik and Dubravice Donje in Bosanian Posavina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Matijašević.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Matijašević live in Croatia today, in 560 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 67 cities and 126 other places, mostly in Zagreb (175), Split (105), Grab in Sinj area (80), Nova Gradiska (55), and in Sisak (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 25 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), Austria (5), France (5), Australia (4), Sweden (1), the United States (1), Argentina (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Matijašević (including: Matijasevic , Matijasevich and Matiyasevich ) is present in 27 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Anton Matijašević, Maja Matijašević, Kristijan Matijašević, Branimir Matijašević, Željka Matijašević, Petar Matijašević, Dubravko Matijašević, Uroš Matijašević, Goran Matijašević, Dušan Matijašević, Damir Matijašević, Boris Matijašević, Ranka Matijašević, Samir Matijašević, Stjepan Matijašević, Ljubica Matijašević, Luka Matijašević, Dino Matijašević, Gordan Matijašević, Antun Matijašević

Mentions in sources

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

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