Kankaraš ( Montenegrin, sr-cyr, Канкараш) is a Serbo-Croatian surname found mostly in

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. Its bearers are either Orthodox Christian or Muslim. There is an old Kankaraš brotherhood () of the

Drobnjaci Drobnjaci ( sr-Cyrl, Дробњаци, ) was a tribe and historical region, Drobnjak, in Old Herzegovina in Montenegro (municipalities from Nikšić to Šavnik, Žabljak and Pljevlja). Its unofficial centre is in Šavnik. The Serb Orthodox ...

tribe around

Golija Golija ( sr-Cyrl, Голија, ) is a mountain in southwestern Serbia, located 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 G ...

near

Nikšić Nikšić (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Никшић, ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 32,046 (2023 census) located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot of Trebjesa ...

(in northwestern Montenegro). A part of the Kankaraši settled

Plovdiv Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub ...

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and changed their surname to ''Černogorski'' ("Montenegrin"). The Muslim Kankaraš family in

Pljevlja Pljevlja (, ) is a town located in the Northern Montenegro, Northern Region of Montenegro, situated along Ćehotina, Ćehotina river. The town lies at an altitude of . In the Middle Ages, Pljevlja had been a crossroad of the important commercial ...

hail from

Foča Foča ( sr-Cyrl, Фоча, ) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the south-east on the banks of Drina river. As of 2013, the town has a population of 12,234 inhabitants, while the municipality has 1 ...

, which they left following the

Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The campaign to establish Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina lasted from 29 July to 20 October 1878 against the local resistance fighters, Muslims and orthodox Serbs, supported unofficially by troops of the Ottoman Empire. The Austro ...

(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 Tivat (Serbo-Croatian: Tivat/Тиват, ) is a town in Coastal region of Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor. , its population was 9,367. Tivat is the centre of Tivat Municipality, which is the smallest municipality by area in Montenegro. ...

, 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 , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem ...

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in 2000 during the

Insurgency in the Preševo Valley The insurgency in the Preševo Valley was an approximately two year-long armed conflict between 1999 and 2001, between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the ethnic Albanian separatists of the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Buj ...

. He and his wife were abducted and shot by five Albanians. *Duka Kankaraš ( 1855), Montenegrin serdar, from Golija. Served

Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyr, Данило I Петровић-Његош; 25 May 1826 – 13 August 1860) was the ruling Prince of Montenegro from 1851 to 1860. The beginning of his reign marked the transition of Montenegro from a trad ...

. *

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

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