Kankaraš
Kankaraš 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 near Nikšić. A part of the Kankaraši settled Plovdiv, Bulgaria and changed their surname to Černogorski. The Muslim Kankaraš family in Pljevlja hail from Foča, which they left following the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ; 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, Serbian local politician killed in Marovac, Serbia in 2000 during the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley. He and his wife were abducted and shot by five Albanians.
- Duka Kankaraš, Montenegrin serdar, from Golija. Served Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro.
- Branko Kankaraš, Serbian-born Montenegrin handball player