Matić (Serbian Cyrillic: Матић, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [mǎːtitɕ]) is a common Croatian or Serbian surname. It is a patronymic name of Mate, the Croatian, or Matija, both Croatian and Serbian variants of the Latin name Mathaeus, English Matthew. According to Croatian genealogy, the surname Matić is typical of Croat ethnicity, but it is carried by Serbian and Bosnian people as well.
Matić is the most common surname in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia, and among the most frequent ones in another three counties.
Notable people with the name include:
- Bernardo Matić (born 1994), Croatian footballer
- Bojan Matić (born 1991), Serbian footballer
- Darko Matić (born 1980), Bosnian-born Croatian footballer
- Dimitrije Matić (1821–1884), Serbian politician
- Dušan Matić (1898–1980), Serbian surrealist poet
- Igor Matić (born 1981), Serbian footballer
- Ivan Matić (born 1971), Croatian former footballer, now a manager
- Nemanja Matić (born 1988), Serbian footballer
- Peter Matić (1937–2019), Austrian actor and voice actor
- Saša Matić (born 1978), Bosnian Serb singer
- Stipe Matić (born 1979), Croatian footballer
- Uroš Matić (born 1990), Serbian footballer
- Veselin Matić (born 1960), Serbian basketball coach
- Zoran Matić (born 1944), Yugoslav football coach
See also
References
- ^ Lidija Sambunjak. "Most common Croatian surnames". Croatian genealogy web site. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
Sources: Petar Šimunović, Hrvatska prezimena, Golden Marketing-Tehnička knjiga, Zagreb, 2006; Enciklopedija hrvatskih prezimena, Nacionalni rodoslovni centar, 2008
- "Most frequent surnames, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
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