Surname Matoša in modern Croatia

Matoša families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Mursko Sredisce.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Matoša live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Cakovec (20), Krizovec (15), Zagreb (15), Vratisinec in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), and in Mursko Sredisce (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Matoša (including: Matosa , Mathosa and Matosha ) is present in 9 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Natali Matoša, Andrej Matoša, Ivan Matoša, Silvija Matoša, Zdravko Matoša, Lidija Matoša, Mladen Matoša, Dejan Matoša, Stanislav Matoša, Damir Matoša, Davorin Matoša, Marijan Matoša, Goran Matoša, Ivana Matoša, Nikola Matoša, Maja Matoša, Slavko Matoša, Ljiljana Matoša, Marija Matoša

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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