Matleković families are Croats and they are mostly from Sisak area. According to some sources they are from Kutina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Zagreb. In Mahovo in Sisak area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Matleković.
Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Matleković live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Mahovo in Sisak area (40), Zagreb (35), Kratecko (20), Poljanski Lug (15), and in Sisak (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Matleković is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.