Surname Tekavčić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Tekavčić families are almost entirely Croats (from Pleternica area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Tekavčić live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Sovski Dol in Pleternica area (<10), Pozega (<10), Veliki Bilac in Pleternica area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Nasice (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tekavčić is present in five countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Tekavčić, Tatjana Tekavčić, Pavao Tekavčić, Zlatko Tekavčić, Miroslav Tekavčić, Krunoslav Tekavčić, Andrija Tekavčić, Slavko Tekavčić, Sandra Tekavčić, Tomislav Tekavčić, Marina Tekavčić, Jasna Tekavčić, Drago Tekavčić, Ivica Tekavčić, Miro Tekavčić, Marijana Tekavčić, Renata Tekavčić, Ivan Tekavčić, Josipa Tekavčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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