Matošović 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 Pula and in Porec area. In places Ivići and Krunčići in Porec area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Matošović.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Matošović live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in two Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Rovinj (20), Perini in Porec area (15), Porec (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Pula (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.