Surname Matolić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Matolić families are Croats (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Orasje area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area). In places Bok and Brčko (in Bosanian Posavina) every two-hundredth inhabitant had the family name Matolić.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Matolić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Zupanja (<10), Selnica Scitarjevska (<10), Stancic in Dugo Selo area (<5), and in Lovas in Ilok area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matolić (including: Matolich , Matolic , Matolych and Matolicz ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. "Matolich " is used by some 70 people in Ukraine , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Martina Matolić, Nadica Matolić, Mario Matolić, Sanel Matolić, Dragan Matolić, Nedeljko Matolić, Ankica Matolić, Miroslav Matolić, Advija Matolić, Ivo Matolić, Mirko Matolić, Jelica Matolić, Marko Matolić, Suzana Matolić, Vilim Matolić, Bojka Matolić, Marijan Matolić, Ljubica Matolić, Slavko Matolić

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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