KovácsorKovacs, meaning blacksmith, is one of the most common Hungarian family names.[1]
The name is found in Hungary and Hungarian expatriate communities. There are similar names with the KovátsorKovách spellings. The name means "blacksmith" in Hungarian, and it is probably a loanword from Slavic languages or an ancient steepe word for blacksmith.[2] There are 221,688 people in Hungary who are named Kovács, making the name the second most common family name among Hungarians.[citation needed]
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