Božanović families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area) and in Vinkovci area. In Donje Novo Selo in Vinkovci area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Božanović.
Prevalence
About 280 people with faimily name Božanović live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Nijemci in Vinkovci area (55), Zagreb (35), Petrinja (25), Hrvatska Kostajnica (20), and in Donje Novo Selo in Vinkovci area (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Božanović is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.