The Kovacic surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 975 people carried this name — #25,381 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 943 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kovacic surname
From Serbo-Croatian Kovačić or Slovene Kovačič, from kovač (“blacksmith”) + -ić or -ič (“forming diminutives and surnames”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kovacic» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 135 people named Kovacic 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
123 people named Kovacic live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 53 people named Kovacic.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Yvelines.
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 the Nordic population registers
156 people named Kovacic is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Kovacic,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ernst Kovacic 1943– · conductor
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Emil Kovacic 1945– · architect
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Candace S. Kovacic-Fleischer 1945– · lawyer
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Jason C. Kovacic 1968– · cardiologist
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Maria Kovacic 1970– · politician
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Karlo Kovacic 1978– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kovacic.
- 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
- Kovacevic 1,256 · 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
- Kowalska 153 · U.S. census
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