Kankaraš (
Montenegrin, sr-cyr, Канкараш) is a Serbo-Croatian surname found mostly in
Montenegro. Its bearers are either Orthodox Christian or Muslim. There is an old Kankaraš brotherhood () of the
Drobnjaci tribe around
Golija
Golija ( sr-Cyrl, Голија, ) is a mountain in southwestern Serbia, between towns of Ivanjica and Novi Pazar. It is part of the Dinaric mountain range. The mountain is heavily forested with significant biodiversity. It contains the Golija-Stu ...
near
Nikšić (in northwestern Montenegro). A part of the Kankaraši settled
Plovdiv
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,
Bulgaria and changed their surname to ''Černogorski'' ("Montenegrin"). The Muslim Kankaraš family in
Pljevlja
Pljevlja ( srp, Пљевља, ) is a town and the center of Pljevlja Municipality located in the northern part of Montenegro. The town lies at an altitude of . In the Middle Ages, Pljevlja had been a crossroad of the important commercial roads and ...
hail from
Foča, which they left following the
Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878); they are not related to the Kankaraš family in the town.
The name is a nickname, derived from Turkish, meaning "large black eyebrows".
[ At least seven individuals with the surname died in the Holocaust in Croatia.
It may refer to:
*Gorica Kankaraš, best Serbian female weightlifter 58 kg, 71 kg and 84 kg.
*Miodrag Kankaraš, former mayor of Tivat, Montenegro, and current general consul of Montenegro in Serbia.
*Sreten Kankaraš, owner of Grand Travel Agency in Montenegro, and Aikido trainer.
*Anto Kankaraš, Serbian mercenary. Also known as the Publisher of Posavina
*Petar Kankaraš, Liberal politician and lawyer from Podgorica.
*Milivoje Kankaraš (d. 28 August 2000), Serbian local politician killed in ]Marovac
Marovac ( sr-cyr, Маровац) is a village in the municipality of Medveđa, Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeas ...
, Serbia in 2000 during the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley. He and his wife were abducted and shot by five Albanians.
*Duka Kankaraš ( 1855), Montenegrin serdar, from Golija. Served Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro.Branko Kankaraš
Branko Kankaraš (; born 28 May 1988) is a retired Serbian-born Montenegrin handball player.
Club career
At club level, Kankaraš played in Serbia ( Jugović, Metaloplastika, and Vojvodina), Turkey (Mersin), France (Valence and Istres), Belarus ...
(born 1988), Serbian-born Montenegrin handball player
References
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Surnames of Montenegrin origin
Surnames of Serbian origin