Surname Matuza in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Matuza families are almost entirely Croats (from Ivanec ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Matuza live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Ivanec (15), Lancic (<10), Zagreb (<5), Mursko Sredisce (<5), and in Suhopolje in Virovitica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matuza is present in 9 countries worldwide. The family name "Matuza " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 90 in Brazil , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Branko Matuza, Marko Matuza, Draženka Matuza, Davor Matuza, Siniša Matuza, Slaven Matuza, Ivan Matuza, Juraj Matuza, Marija Matuza, Saša Matuza, Katarina Matuza, Verona Matuza, Višnja Matuza, Verica Matuza, Ivančica Matuza, Tomislav Matuza, Eva Matuza, Franciska Matuza, Željko Matuza

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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