Surname Matijašić in modern Croatia

Matijašić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area , rarely Italians (from Buje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac. In Zamask in Pazin every fourth inhabitant had the family name Matijašić.

Prevalence

About 670 people with faimily name Matijašić live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 690 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 79 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Ogulin (60), Rijeka (30), Karlovac (25), and in Pula (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Germany (3), France (3), Australia (2), the Netherlands (1), Switzerland (1), Canada (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Matijašić (including: Matijasic , Matijasich , Matiyasic , Matijascic and Matijasick ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Matijasic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Italy. "Matijasich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Matiyasic " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Matijašić, Vladimir Matijašić, Natalija Matijašić, Nikola Matijašić, Zoran Matijašić, Goran Matijašić, Vlado Matijašić, Damir Matijašić, Snježana Matijašić, Sonja Matijašić, Nenad Matijašić, Kanita Matijašić, Darko Matijašić, Zlatica Matijašić, Željko Matijašić, Lidija Matijašić, Daniel Matijašić, Žarko Matijašić, Kristina Matijašić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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