Surname Matuša in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Matuša families are Croats (from Donja Stubica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donja Stubica and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Matuša live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Donja Stubica (20), Pustodol (15), Varazdin (<5), Pirovac in Vodice area (<5), and in Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matuša (including: Matusa , Matuschka , Matusha , Mathusa , Matuschina and Matusza ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. "Mathusa " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Matuschka " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 100 in Cambodia , and some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Helena Matuša, Željimir Matuša, Vjekoslav Matuša, Mara Matuša, Blanka Matuša, Zvonimir Matuša, Ivančica Matuša, Marijana Matuša, Jasna Matuša, Marija Matuša, Štefica Matuša, Zdravko Matuša, Mladen Matuša, Klaus Matuša, Emil Matuša, Vinko Matuša, Daniel Matuša, Ivana Matuša, Ivan Matuša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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