Surname Matiša in modern Croatia

Matiša families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Matiša live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (15), Zagreb (10), Koprivnica (10), Koprivnicki Bregi in Koprivnica area (<10), and in Novo Virje in Djurdjevac area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matiša (including: Matisa , Matisha , Mathisa , Matisah , Matischeva and Matischa ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Matisa " is used by some 600 people in Malaysia , about 300 in Latvia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Matiša, Mirjana Matiša, Tomislav Matiša, Jasmina Matiša, Mirela Matiša, Goran Matiša, Ivanka Matiša, Zlata Matiša, Damir Matiša, Gordana Matiša, Maja Matiša, Katica Matiša, Ivan Matiša, Nada Matiša, Krešo Matiša, Franjo Matiša, Sabina Matiša, Robert Matiša, Zvonimir Matiša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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