Surname Matošić in modern Croatia

Matošić families are Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod area. According to some sources they are from Strizivojne, Split or Bosne. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In places Gornji Slatinik and Donji Slatinik in Slavonski Brod area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Matošić.

Prevalence

About 510 people with faimily name Matošić live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 520 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 46 other places, mostly in Split (165), Zagreb (80), Rijeka (25), Smrika (25), and in Slavonski Brod (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Germany (2), France (2), Canada (1), New Zealand (1), Belgium (1), and to Norway (1).
Family name Matošić (including: Matosic , Matosich and Matossich ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Matosic " is used by some 300 people in Mexico , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Matosich " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dušan Matošić, Vedran Matošić, Natalia Matošić, Darko Matošić, Luka Matošić, Ante Matošić, Božica Matošić, Srećko Matošić, Marin Matošić, Ana Matošić, Lidija Matošić, Marko Matošić, Ivan Matošić, Damir Matošić, Suzana Matošić, Zvonimir Matošić, Marija Matošić, Filip Matošić, Saša Matošić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1825 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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