Surname Matjačić in modern Croatia

Matjačić families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Matjačić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Draskovec (20), Cakovec (15), Zbjegovaca (10), and in Kutina (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matjačić is present in five countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Mario Matjačić, Nenad Matjačić, Vladimir Matjačić, Mladen Matjačić, Željko Matjačić, Martina Matjačić, Slava Matjačić, Nino Matjačić, Branka Matjačić, Gordan Matjačić, Josip Matjačić, Zorica Matjačić, Marijan Matjačić, Nataša Matjačić, Biserka Matjačić, Branko Matjačić, Krešimir Matjačić, Božidar Matjačić, Denis Matjačić

Mentions in sources

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

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