Surname Matiz in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Matiz families are Croats by relative majority (from Zadar ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Matiz live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Gradina in Virovitica area (<5), Zadar (<5), and in Topolje in Beli Manastir area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matiz (including: Mathiez , Matiez and Mattiz ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Matiz " is used by some 7000 people in Colombia , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Antun Matiz, Ruža Matiz, Matija Matiz, Ivana Matiz, Cvijeta Matiz, Silvio Matiz, Eva Matiz, Jula Matiz

Mentions in sources

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

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