Surname Matković in modern Croatia

Matković families are Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica. According to some sources they are from Medovog Dolca near Imotskog, odnosno, Crveni Grma near Ljubuski, Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In Kučine in Solin every third inhabitant had the family name Matković.

Prevalence

About 4300 people with faimily name Matković live in Croatia today, in 1800 households. There were 3100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 99 cities and 345 other places, mostly in Zagreb (580), Split (340), Rijeka (225), Slavonski Brod (205), and in Osijek (125).

Outside Croatia

At least 100 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (25), the United States (24), Australia (16), France (10), Switzerland (10), Austria (5), Argentina (3), Canada (2), Belgium (1), the Netherlands (1), Venezuela (1), Mexico (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Matković (including: Matkovic , Matkovich , Matkovics , Matcovich , Matkhovich , Matkovick , Matkowicz , Matkowich and Matkowitsch ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Matkovic " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and some 500 people in Bolivia. "Matkovich " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Argentina , and some 70 people in Australia. "Matkowicz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Matković, Mijat Matković, Marinko Matković, Stjepan Matković, Bianca Matković, Jasenka Matković, Ana Matković, Saša Matković, Milan Matković, Anita Matković, Zoran Matković, Višnja Matković, Dolores Matković, Srećko Matković, Irena Matković, Šima Matković, Krešimir Matković, Roberta Matković, Nada Matković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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