In Croatia, Matvij families are generally Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), rarely Romanians (from Donji Miholjac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Laktasi area).
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Matvij live in Croatia today, in four households only. They are located in only five naselja i to in Varazdin (<5), Petrinja (<5), Smrtic in Nova Gradiska area (<5), and in Viljevo (<5) and Cret Viljevski (<5) in Donji Miholjac area.