Matanić Surname

523,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Matanić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matanić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia6121:6,9091,046
Slovenia41:621,91923,710
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: Matanic (152) are calculated separately.

Matanić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matanić Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Matanić is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Matanic. Click here for further potential spellings of Matanić.

How Common Is The Last Name Matanić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 523,160th most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 11,735,179 people. The last name Matanić is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Matanić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is carried by 612 people, or 1 in 6,909. In Croatia Matanić is primarily concentrated in: Brod-Posavina County, where 27 percent are found, Vukovar-Srijem County, where 17 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Croatia Matanić occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 1 percent are found and Serbia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Matanic95152/
Majtanić9347/
Matanich80104/
Majtanic804/
Matonic7144/
Motanic7111/
Motaniz718/
Mataničová711/
Matanez711/
Matonich6777/
Matanych673/
Matanycz671/
Mottaniz671/
Matenitsj631/
Maytanych631/
Motanez5715/
Matenez573/
Motañiz571/
Moutanez531/
Matonych531/
Mostanets5015/
Motoniche503/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Matanić
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