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{{Other uses|Kovač (disambiguation){{!}}Kovač}}{{distinguish|Kovack|Kovak (disambiguation){{!}}Kovak}}Kovač (Cyrillic: Ковач), meaning "blacksmith" in Slavic languages, is a common surname in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia the surname is Kováč (feminine Kováčová). Kovač is a common surname in Croatia, with 9,614 carriers (2011 census),[1] most of them living in northern and eastern parts of the country and in Serbia with 8,749 people bearing it. In Slovenia, some 4,800 have this surname. Outside Europe, the surname is fairly common in the United States (especially Texas and California), Canada, and South America. The surname Kovács is the Hungarian loanword of this word, and is one of the most frequent surnames in Hungary. The Romanian form is Covaci, and it is also a relatively frequent surname in Romania. The derivative forms Kovačić or Slovenian Kovačič, as well as Kovačević and Bulgarian Kovachev, are also very common. Cognates - Koval in Ukraine (also Kovalchuk, Kovalenko, Kovalev)
- Kowal in Poland (also Kowalczyk, Kowalski)
- Kovach, the Carpatho-Ruthenian form
- Kovács, Kováts or Kovách in Hungary
- Kováč in Slovakia
- Kovář (also Kováč) in Czech Republic
- Kovaçi in Albania
- Covaci in Romania
Notable people Kovač - Aleksandra Kovač, Serbian singer/songwriter
- Boris Kovač, Serbian composer and multi-instrumentalist
- Edvard Kovač, Slovenian theologian
- Jože Kovač, Slovenian hockey player
- Kornelije Kovač, Serbian musician/producer
- Kristina Kovač, Serbian singer/songwriter
- Marko Kovač, Serbian architect, film director and actor
- Mario Kovač (disambiguation), several notable Croatian people (a director, an inventor, a politician...)
- Michal Kováč, Slovak politician
- Mirko Kovač, Montenegrin writer
- Mirko Kovač, Serbian basketball player
- Mišo Kovač, Croatian singer
- Niko Kovač, Croatian football player
- Robert Kovač, Croatian football player
- Roberto Kovac, Swiss basketball player
- Slobodan Kovač, Serbian volleyball player
- Tinkara Kovač, Slovenian singer/musician
- Thomas Kovač, Belgian researcher
Kováč - Alan Kováč, Slovak footballer
- Alena Kováčová, Slovak basketball player
- Dušan Kováč, Slovak historian
- Emília Kováčová, First Lady of Slovakia
- Ervín Kováč, Slovak footballer
- Henrich Kováč, Slovak footballer
- Igor Kováč, Slovak athlete
- Ivana Kováčová, Slovak gymnast
- Kateřina Kováčová, Czech poet
- Kristián Kováč, Slovak ice hockey player
- Lenka Kováčová, Czech rower
- Lukáš Kováč, Slovak footballer
- Maroš Kováč, Slovak cyclist
- Matej Kováč, Slovak footballer
- Michal Kováč, President of Slovakia
- Pavel Kováč, Slovak footballer
- Radoslav Kováč, Czech footballer
- Tibor Kováč, Slovak Jewish activist
- Vladimír Kováč, Slovak footballer
Fictional- Luka Kovač, doctor portrayed by Goran Višnjić on ER
See also- Kovačić (surname)
- Kovačina (surname)
- Kovačec, surname
- Kovaček, surname
- Kovačev, surname
- Kovačevik, surname
- Kovačević, surname
- Kovačevski, surname
- Kovács, surname
- List of most common surnames in Europe
References1. ^{{Croatian Census 2011 | url = http://www.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/census2011/results/censusnames.htm | accessdate = 2013-09-08 | title = Names and surnames in Republic of Croatia }}
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