Tepša families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Biograd na Moru , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Tepša live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and threee other places, mostly in Rastevic (35), Rijeka (15), Zagreb (15), Biograd na moru (10), and in Benkovac (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Tepša is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.