Surname Matoš in modern Croatia

Matoš families are Croats and they are mostly from Cazinska Krajina Region , Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Sanski Most area) and in North Herzegovina (Konjic area).

Prevalence

About 480 people with faimily name Matoš live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 52 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Kotoriba in Prelog area (30), Puska in Novska area (30), Novska (25), and in Bjelovar (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matoš (including: Matos , Mattos , Mathos , Matoshi , Matoss , Matosh , Matosha , Matoos , Matosz and Matosch ) is present in 127 countries worldwide. "Matosh " is used by few people in the United States. "Mathos " is used by some 300 people in Brazil , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Congo. "Matosz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stipan Matoš, Ivica Matoš, Davor Matoš, Dijana Matoš, Ana Matoš, Ivo Matoš, Štefica Matoš, Kristina Matoš, Andrija Matoš, Bojan Matoš, Tomislav Matoš, Jure Matoš, Mladen Matoš, Tibor Matoš, Senka Matoš, Miroslav Matoš, Dino Matoš, Darko Matoš, Marko Matoš

Mentions in sources

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

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