Tepavac families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Slunj , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Tepavac live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Vukovar (10), Novi Vinodolski (10), Slunj (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (2). Family name Tepavac is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Tepavac " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia.
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.
