Surname Matošević in modern Croatia

Matošević families are Croats and they are mostly from Porec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area) and in Pula. In Šagovina Cernička in Nova Gradiska area every second inhabitant had the family name Matošević.

Prevalence

About 2200 people with faimily name Matošević live in Croatia today, in 850 households. There were 990 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 63 cities and 192 other places, mostly in Zagreb (360), Davor in Nova Gradiska area (135), Rovinj (130), Pula (115), and in Osijek (65).

Outside Croatia

At least 39 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (14), the United States (7), Switzerland (6), Australia (3), France (3), Austria (3), Chile (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Matošević (including: Matosevic , Matosevich and Matossevich ) is present in 22 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Irena Matošević, Dario Matošević, Ratko Matošević, Edo Matošević, Petar Matošević, Mladen Matošević, Damir Matošević, Lidija Matošević, Danijela Matošević, Ivica Matošević, Nenad Matošević, Davor Matošević, Jozo Matošević, Ljubica Matošević, Anto Matošević, Arduino Matošević, David Matošević, Đurđica Matošević, Ivan Matošević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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