Matišić families are Croats and they are mostly from Slatina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Gornji Vakuf area) and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 440 people with faimily name Matišić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 53 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Slatina (30), Podgorje in Pozega area (20), Koprivnica (20), and in Boksic in Nasice area (20).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.