Surname Matika in modern Croatia

Matika families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area. In Laginji in Pazin area every second inhabitant had the family name Matika.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Matika live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Laginji in Pazin area (35), Pula (25), Gradisce in Pazin area (15), Rovinj (15), and in Bjelovar (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matika (including: Matica , Matyka , Maticha , Maticka , Matikka , Mathika , Mattika , Maatika and Matichka ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. "Maticka " is used by some 100 people in Czech Republic and about 70 in the United States. "Mattika " is used by few people in Indonesia and few people in the United States. "Matichka " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dario Matika, Davor Matika, Valentina Matika, Marlen Matika, Vjera Matika, Anamarija Matika, Lucijano Matika, Gordana Matika, Damir Matika, Franjo Matika, Mario Matika, Paolo Matika, Serđo Matika, Goran Matika, Ruža Matika, Mirjana Matika, Rozita Matika, Maksima Matika, Nenad Matika

Mentions in sources

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

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