Surname Matulić in modern Croatia

Matulić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Brac and in Split. In places Dol and Postira on the Island of Brac every fifth inhabitant had the family name Matulić.

Prevalence

About 750 people with faimily name Matulić live in Croatia today, in 330 households. There were 630 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Postira on the Island of Brac (170), Split (135), Zadar (90), Zagreb (85), and in Dol on the Island of Brac (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 27 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), Australia (6), Bolivia (5), the United States (4), New Zealand (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Matulić (including: Matulic , Matulich , Matulick , Mattulich and Matulicz ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Matulich " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 200 in Argentina , and some 100 people in Mauritania. "Matulicz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Matulić, Zlatko Matulić, Toni Matulić, Maja Matulić, Jasna Matulić, Daniel Matulić, Tonči Matulić, Frane Matulić, Mario Matulić, Juraj Matulić, Saša Matulić, Darko Matulić, Zoran Matulić, Tomislav Matulić, Miranda Matulić, Nikica Matulić, Deana Matulić, Mirjana Matulić, Elen Matulić

Mentions in sources

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

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