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Re: surname MATAVA
I don't know Hungarian, but I did look at a couple of Hungarian name sites and though it is not a Indo-European language it is surrounded by Indo-European languages. So, it looks like many of the names have Indo-European roots.Matava looks to me like a form of Matthew which has its origin in Hebrew, meaning "gift of God" ...just my guess since no one else has responded.
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