Surname Tešija in modern Croatia

Tešija families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Sinj area.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Tešija live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Split (135), Klis in Solin area (45), Solin (45), Lecevica in Kastela area (40), and in Kastel Luksic (35).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), South Africa (1), the Netherlands (1), the United States (1), Austria (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Tešija (including: Tesija , Thesiya , Tesieva and Tesiya ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Tesija " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Thesiya " is used by few people in Canada and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Tešija, Stjepan Tešija, Marko Tešija, Damir Tešija, Ivan Tešija, Željko Tešija, Dragica Tešija, Joško Tešija, Matko Tešija, Anica Tešija, Ante Tešija, Kristina Tešija, Davor Tešija, Ruža Tešija, Nediljko Tešija, Mirjana Tešija, Jela Tešija, Mara Tešija, Jozo Tešija

Mentions in sources

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.

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