Surname Matušić in modern Croatia

Matušić families are Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Janjevo, Kosovo. In Gromača in Dubrovnik every ninth inhabitant had the family name Matušić.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Matušić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (30), Zagreb (25), Gromaca (20), Mokosica (10), and in Matulji in Opatija area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Matušić (including: Matusic , Matusich , Matusick and Matussich ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Matusic " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Matusich " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Matusick " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Frano Matušić, Anuška Matušić, Hrvoje Matušić, Niko Matušić, Janko Matušić, Željka Matušić, Arsen Matušić, Silvestar Matušić, Janja Matušić, Karlo Matušić, Igor Matušić, Ana Matušić, Katarina Matušić, Jasna Matušić, Nikolina Matušić, Antun Matušić, Snježana Matušić, Nedjeljko Matušić, Franjo Matušić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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