Surname Tešanović in modern Croatia

Tešanović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina , whereas often Croats (from Vukovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Celinac area) and in Zagreb. In Lipovac in Bosnian Krajina every second inhabitant had the family name Tešanović.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Tešanović live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Ernestinovo in Osijek area (35), Trpinja in Vukovar area (15), Beli Manastir (10), and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tešanović (including: Tesanovic , Tesanovich ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. "Tesanovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Rajko Tešanović, Milka Tešanović, Slavko Tešanović, Jasminka Tešanović, Zvjezdan Tešanović, Jovanka Tešanović, Željko Tešanović, Živko Tešanović, Zoran Tešanović, Ivana Tešanović, Ilija Tešanović, Milena Tešanović, Dalibor Tešanović, Jovan Tešanović, Boris Tešanović, Sanda Tešanović, Manuela Tešanović, Jasna Tešanović, Bojan Tešanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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