Surname Matuzić in modern Croatia

Matuzić families are Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa area and in Karlovac. In Rešetarevo in Duga Resa area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Matuzić.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Matuzić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagradci in Duga Resa area (25), Duga Resa (15), Zagreb (10), Karlovac (<10), and in Resetarevo in Duga Resa area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matuzić (including: Matuzic , Matuzich ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Matuzic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Matuzić, Ratko Matuzić, Janko Matuzić, Miro Matuzić, Ivan Matuzić, Marija Matuzić, Darko Matuzić, Zvjezdana Matuzić, Mara Matuzić, Tihomir Matuzić, Petar Matuzić, Radmila Matuzić, Dinko Matuzić, Marijan Matuzić, Biserka Matuzić, Mladen Matuzić, Barka Matuzić, Marica Matuzić, Aleksandra Matuzić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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