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Surname Tesla in modern Croatia
Tesla families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Duga Resa area , whereas often Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Zagreb. In Klipino Brdo in Karlovac every fifth inhabitant had the family name Tesla.
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Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Tesla live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Karlovac (35), Zagreb (25), Varazdin (<10), Brdo Utinjsko in Duga Resa area (<10), and in Trgovi in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (1), France (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Tesla (including: Teslaa , Tessla ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Tesla " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 400 in Mexico , and some 400 people in Turkey. "Tessla " is used by few people in Canada and few people in the United States. "Teslaa " is used by some 80 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Branka Tesla,
Zoran Tesla,
Tihomir Tesla,
Tomo Tesla,
Dalibor Tesla,
Siniša Tesla,
Lazo Tesla,
Nikola Tesla,
Željko Tesla,
Jadranka Tesla,
Gabrijela Tesla,
Jozo Tesla,
Jovan Tesla,
Mirjana Tesla,
Marija Tesla,
Nenad Tesla,
Miloš Tesla,
Mira Tesla,
Zlatko Tesla
