In Croatia, Matteoni families are generally Croats (from Pula ), rarely Italians (also from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Matteoni live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Pula (10) and Pagubice in Pazin area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Matteoni is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Matteoni " is used by some 2000 people in Italy , about 700 in Brazil , and some 400 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.