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Kovačević

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Kovačević (Serbo-Croatian, Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Ковачевић), Kovačevič (Slovene and Slovak; feminine (Slovak): Kovačevičová) or Kovačovič (Slovak; feminine: Kovačovičová), is a Slavic surname meaning "[black]smith's son". The surname is derived from Kovač, which means "[black]smith", and is the equivalent of English Smithson.

Kovačević is the second most frequent surname in Croatia.^[1] It is the equivalent of the Polish surname Kowalewicz which has the same meaning.

Notable people[edit]

Arts[edit]

Dušan Kovačević (born 1948), Serbian playwright and director
Igor Kovačovič^[sk] (born 1938), Slovakian choreographer
Milan Kovačević (born 1985), DJ/Producer

Military[edit]

Sava Kovačević (1905–1943), Montenegrin partisan commander
Veljko Kovačević (1912–1994), Montenegrin writer and general
Vladimir Kovačević (military officer) (born 1961), Montenegrin Serb military officer charged with violation of the laws of war

Politics[edit]

Anto Kovačević (1952–2020), Croatian right-wing politician
Božo Kovačević (born 1955), Croatian politician and diplomat
Karla Kovačević (1870–1942), Croatian and Yugoslavian politician
Milan Kovačević (1941–1998), President of the Executive Committee of the Municipal Assembly of Prijedor

Science[edit]

Ferdinand Kovačević (1838–1913), Croatian inventor, engineer, and pioneer in telegraphy
Jelena Kovačević, Serbian-American engineering professor and dean

Sport[edit]

Abid Kovačević (born 1952), Bosnian footballer
Adnan Kovačević (born 1993), Bosnian footballer
Aleksandar Kovačević (footballer) (born 1992), Serbian footballer
Aleksandar Kovacevic (tennis) (born 1998), American tennis player
Ante Kovacevic (born 1974), Australian footballer
Božo Kovačević (footballer) (born 1979), Austrian footballer
Darko Kovačević (born 1973), Serbian footballer
Hrvoje Kovačević (born 1982), Croatian footballer
Johnathan Kovacevic (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
Marijan Kovačević (born 1973), German-Croatian footballer.
Mladen Kovačevič (born 1980), Slovenian footballer
Mihael Kovačević (born 1988), Swiss footballer
Nenad Kovačević (born 1980), Serbian footballer
Oliver Kovačević (born 1974), Serbian footballer
Radomir Kovačević (1954–2006), Yugoslav Olympic judo champion and coach
Sabahudin Kovačevič (born 1986), Slovenian ice hockey player
Saša Kovačević (footballer) (born 1973), Serbian footballer
Senad Kovačevič^[sl] (born 1981), Slovenian ice hockey player
Stevan Kovačević (born 1988), Serbian footballer
Vladan Kovačević (born 1997), Serbian footballer
Vladica Kovačević (Vladimir Kovačević, 1940–2016), Serbian footballer
Vladimir Kovačević (born 1992), Serbian footballer
Vlatko Kovačević (Vladimir Kovačević, born 1942), Croatian and Yugoslavian chess grandmaster
Senka Kovačević (Senka Kovačević, born 1982), Serbian-Canadian rhythmic gymnast

References[edit]

^ "Most frequent surnames, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

This page lists people with the surname Kovačević, Kovačevič (Kovačevičová), or Kovačovič (Kovačovičová).
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v t e Surnames associated with the occupation of smith
Celtic	Goff Gow Gowan Gowans Mac a' Ghobhainn MacGavin / McGavin MacGowan / McGowan
Germanic	Brenneis De Smet Eisen Eisler Eisner Kleinschmidt Klier Klingbeil Klinkhamer Klinkhammer Nagel Pinkert Schmid Schmidt Schmied Schmieden Schmitt Schmitz Schmitzer Smeets Smet Smets Smit Smith Smithe Smither Smithers Smithies Smithson Smits Smyth Smythe Szmidt Šmíd
Romance	Fabbri Faber Fabre Fabri Faure Favre Feaver Ferrara Ferrari Ferraris Ferraro Ferré Ferreira Ferrer Ferrero Ferreiro Ferretti Ferreyra Ferrier Ferriero Fieraru Fierarul Herrera Herrero Lefébure Lefebvre Lefèvre
Semitic	Haddad Hadodo Al-Haddad El-Haddad
Slavic	Covaci Coval Covali Covaliov Kavalyow Kovač Kováč Kovach Kovačić Kovačič Kovačević Kovačevič Kovačovič Kovačev Kovachev Kovačec Kovačik Kováčik Kovačevski Kovack Kovács Koval Kovalchuk Kovalenko Kovalevich Kovalevsky Kovalic Kovalik Kovalik Kovalkov Kovals Kovalyov Kovalyuk Kovář Kovařík Kowal Kowalik Kowalczyk Kowalczuk Kowalewicz Kowalewski Kowalski Kuznets Kuznetsov Kuźniar
Other	Armenian: Darbinyan Baltic Kalējs Kalvaitis (Kalwejt, Kallweit, etc.) Finnic Sepp Seppä Seppänen Seppälä Indic: Lohar Kartvelian Mchedlidze Mchedlishvili Turkic Demirci Demircioğlu
From "spark" rel. to occ. 'smith'	Funk Funke Vonck Vonk

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