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Revision as of 09:54, 9 October 2006 by Slovan (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Kovács or in its Slavic variant spelling Kovač, is a common surname in Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, and Czech Republic. It is a cognate to English name Smith. Kovács or Kovač means blacksmith in Hungarian and some South and West Slavic languages also.
There are 228,274 people in Hungary who are called Kovács; thus Kovács is the second most common surname among Hungarians. There are approximately 9,500 people with this surname also in Croatia, most of them living in northern and eastern parts of the country neigbouring to Hungary. Kovač is a relatively frequent surname also in Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, especially among Hungarian minorities.
Notable people
- Michal Kováč - former President of Slovakia
- László Kovács - Hungarian politician/diplomat
- Ágnes Kovács - Hungarian swimmer
- Kornelije Kovač - singer/musician/record producer from Serbia
- Mišo Kovač - Croatian singer
- Niko Kovač - Croatian football player
- Robert Kovač - Croatian football player
- Slobodan Kovač - Serbian volleyball player
- Mirko Kovač - writer from Montenegro
- Radoslav Kováč - Czech football player
- Iván Kovács - Hungarian fencer
- Pál Kovács - Hungarian fencer
- Edit Kovács - Hungarian fencer
- Magda Kósáné Kovács - Hungarian politician
- László Kovács - Hungarian-American cinematographer
Famous fictional characters
- Luka Kovač - medical doctor from the television series ER, portrayed by Goran Višnjić.
Places
- Kovač is a village in the Czech Republic
- Kovač is a village in the Republic of Macedonia
- Kovach, sometimes transliterated Kovač, is a village in Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria
See also
- Kovachev (Bulgarian form)
- Kovačević (Serbian form)
- Kovacheski (Macedonian form)
- Kovachevski (Bulgarian and Macedonian form)
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