Surname Matulin in modern Croatia

Matulin families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. According to some sources they are from sjeverne Dalmatia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog area and in Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Matulin live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Donji Vidovec in Prelog area (100), Zagreb (20), Kotoriba in Prelog area (20), Jastrebarsko (15), and in Sveta Marija in Prelog area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (5), Canada (3), Switzerland (1), Germany (1), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Matulin (including: Mathoulin , Matullin ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Matulin " is used by some 400 people in the Philippines , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Mijo Matulin, Ljubo Matulin, Dragana Matulin, Anita Matulin, Tomislav Matulin, Gloria Matulin, Marinko Matulin, Robert Matulin, Vilim Matulin, Ivica Matulin, Zvonimir Matulin, Pavao Matulin, Danijel Matulin, Grozdana Matulin, Dejan Matulin, Barica Matulin, Miško Matulin, Mario Matulin, Branka Matulin

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.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories