The Kovac surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,795 people carried this name — #11,299 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 105,300 people counted. That is up 13% from 2,465 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kovac surname
A surname from Czech, Slovak, Slovene, or Serbo-Croatian.
From Czech and Slovak Kováč, Slovene Kovač, or Serbo-Croatian Kòvač, all meaning "blacksmith".
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kovac» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
348 people named Kovac live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 154 people named Kovac live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 145 people named Kovac.
Most of them — 81 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 40 people named Kovac live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Kovac in American newspapers,
1907–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,203 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kovac,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kordula Kovac 1957– · politician -
Jamie Kovac 1977– · actor -
Sara Kovac 1997– · volleyball player -
Hella Kovac 1911–1999 · tennis player
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Roland Kovac 1927–2013 · composer
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Ed Kovac 1938– · American football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 32 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kovac.
- Kostrzewa 439 · U.S. census
- Kot 1,511 · U.S. census
- Kouassi 297 · U.S. census
- Kouba 1,443 · U.S. census
- Kouyate 344 · U.S. census
- Kouyoumdjian 275 · U.S. census
- Kovacevic 1,256 · U.S. census
- Kovacic 975 · U.S. census
- Kovacs 9,072 · U.S. census
- Kowal 4,337 · U.S. census
- Kowalczyk 5,615 · U.S. census
- Kowalewski 2,718 · U.S. census
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