Antonović families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Gospic.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Antonović live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Cakovec (45), Zagreb (20), Gospic (10), Pula (<10), and in Strahoninec in Cakovec area (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.