Surname Matkov in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Matkov families are Croats (from Djurdjevac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac and in Imotski area. U Gradu Đurđevcu every nintieth inhabitant had the family name Matkov.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Matkov live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 6 other places, mostly in Djurdjevac (35), Lovrec in Imotski area (<10), Kamen (<10), Kastel Gomilica (<5), and in Djakovo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matkov (including: Matchanov , Matchonov , Matchitov , Matcov , Matchinov and Matchenov ) is present in 21 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Ankica Matkov, Damir Matkov, Vlado Matkov, Vesnica Matkov, Ivan Matkov, Josip Matkov, Mirjana Matkov, Ignac Matkov, Slavica Matkov, Željko Matkov, Sanja Matkov, Marijo Matkov, Jelena Matkov, Nadica Matkov, Nada Matkov, Dražen Matkov, Ivanka Matkov, Petrana Matkov, Hrvoje Matkov

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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