Surname Matkun in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Matkun families are almost entirely Croats (from Krapina area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina area and in Varazdinske Toplice.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Matkun live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Varazdinske Toplice (15), Klupci in Krapina area (10), Gat (<5), Pavlovec Zabocki (<5), and in Zabok (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matkun is present in three countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Emerik Matkun, Miroslav Matkun, Antun Matkun, Juraj Matkun, Josip Matkun, Silvia Matkun, Željko Matkun, Danijela Matkun, Miljenka Matkun, Damir Matkun, Sanja Matkun, Nevenka Matkun, Stjepan Matkun, Dolores Matkun, Anđelko Matkun, Bernard Matkun, Andreja Matkun, Dario Matkun, Štefica Matkun

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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