Kokanović families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Slavonski Brod. In Gundinci in Djakovo area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kokanović.
Prevalence
About 550 people with faimily name Kokanović live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 560 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Gundinci in Djakovo area (200), Zagreb (90), Slavonski Brod (40), Kordusevci in Slavonski Brod area (25), and in Zupanja (25).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.