In Croatia, Kanoti families are Croats (from Koprivnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Koprivnica area.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Kanoti live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Varazdin (<10), Sisak (<10), Cakovec (<10), Staro Pracno (<5), and in Donja Dubrava in Koprivnica area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Kanoti is present in 13 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.