The Kovacevic surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,256 people carried this name — #20,961 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted. That is up 22% from 1,027 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kovacevic surname
From Serbo-Croatian Kovačević, from kòvāč (“blacksmith”) + -ević (“forming diminutives and surnames”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kovacevic» (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
1,246 people named Kovacevic live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 100 people named Kovacevic.
Most of them — 88 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 72 people named Kovacevic 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
20 people named Kovacevic have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 86 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
948 people named Kovacevic are counted in Sweden and Norway.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Kovacevic in American newspapers,
1904–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 465 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kovacevic,
with a public archive behind them.
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Goran Kovacevic 1971– · composer -
Christian Kovacevic 1983– · politician -
Jade Kovacevic 1994– · association football player -
Aleksandar Kovacevic 1998– · tennis player -
Damjan Kovacevic 2004– · association football player -
Nénad Kovacevic 1970– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 26 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kovacevic.
- 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
- Kovac 2,795 · 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
- Kowalik 1,435 · U.S. census
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