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
Arts
- Dušan Kovačević (born 1948), Serbian playwright and director
- Igor Kovačovič (born 1938), Slovakian choreographer
- Milan Kovačević (born 1985), DJ/Producer
Military
- 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
- 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
- Ferdinand Kovačević (1838–1913), Croatian inventor, engineer, and pioneer in telegraphy
- Jelena Kovačević, Serbian-American engineering professor and dean
Sport
- 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 (born 1981), Slovenian ice hockey player
- Stevan Kovačević (born 1988), 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
See also
- Kovačevići (disambiguation)
- Kovachevich, surname
- Kovacevich, surname
- Kovačevski, surname
- Kovačev, surname
- Kovačec, surname
- Kováčik, surname
- Kovačić (surname)
- Kovač (surname)
- List of most common surnames in Europe
References
- ↑ "Most frequent surnames, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
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