Surname Matin in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Matin live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Dalj in Vinkovci area (20), Zagreb (<10), Vinkovci (<10), Donji Dragonozec (<10), and in Vukovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matin (including: Mathien , Mattin , Mathin , Mathlin , Mathein , Mathwin , Matien , Mahtin and Matiin ) is present in 130 countries worldwide. "Mathin " is used by some 100 people in Bangladesh , about 100 in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States. "Mathien " is used by some 300 people in France , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Mattin " is used by some 200 people in Afghanistan , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Iraq.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Matin, Đuro Matin, Romina Matin, Ivan Matin, Kristijan Matin, Marjana Matin, Dobrila Matin, Miro Matin, Zlatko Matin, Mirjana Matin, Marija Matin, Maja Matin, Katarina Matin, Marijan Matin, Dario Matin, Mario Matin, Anka Matin, Ana Matin, Stipe Matin

Mentions in sources

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

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