Kovačević

Kovačević (Cyrillic: Ковачевић), Kovačevič or Kovačovič is a South Slavic surname meaning [black]smith's son. The surname is derived from Kovač, which means [black]smith.

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

Notable people

Arts

Dušan Kovačević (born 1948), Serbian playwright and director
Stephen Kovacevich (born 1940), American pianist
Milan Kovacevic (born 1985), Serbian DJ/Producer

Military

Sava Kovačević (1905–1943), Montenegrin partisan commander
Veljko Kovačević (1912–1994), Montenegrin and Croatian writer and general

Politics

Anto Kovačević (born 1952), Croatian right-wing politician
Božo Kovačević (politician), Croatian politician and diplomat
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

Sport

Abid Kovačević (born 1952), Bosnian footballer
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
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
Saša Kovačević (born 1973), Serbian footballer
Senka Kovačević (born 1982), Serbian-Canadian rhythmic gymnast
Stevan Kovačević (born 1988), Serbian footballer
Vladimir Kovačević (born 1961), Montenegrin Serb soldier
Vladimir Kovačević (footballer) (born 1940), Serbian footballer
Vlatko Kovačević (born 1942), Croatian chess grandmaster

References

↑ "Most frequent surnames, Census 2011". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-06.

Surnames associated with the occupation of smith

Armenian	Darbinyan

Celtic	Cowell Goff Gow Gowan Mac a' Ghobhainn MacGavin / McGavin MacGowan / McGowan

Germanic	De Smet Schmid Schmidt Schmied Schmieden Schmitt Schmitz Schmitzer Smeets Smet Smets Smit Smith Smithe Smither Smithers Smithies Smithson Smits Smyth Smythe Szmidt

Indic	Lohar

Kartvelian	Mchedlidze Mchedlishvili

Romance	Fabbri Faber Fabre Fabri Faure Favre Feaver Ferrara Ferrari Ferraris Ferraro Ferrara Ferré Ferreira Ferrer Ferrero Ferreiro Ferretti Ferrier Fieraru Fierarul Herrera Herrero Lefébure Lefebvre Lefèvre

Semitic	Haddad Hadodo Al-Haddad El-Haddad

Slavic	Covaci Kavalyow Kovač Kovačev Kovačević Kovachev Kovačić Kovács Koval Kovalchuk (Kowalczuk) Kovalenko Kovalevich (Kowalewicz) Kovalevsky Kovalic Kovalik Kovalyuk Kovals Kovalyov Kovář Kovařík Kowal, Kowalczyk, Kowalewski, Kowalik, Kowalski Kuznets Kuznetsov

Turkic	Demirci Demircioğlu

Uralic	Sepp Seppä Seppänen Seppälä

From "spark" rel. to occ. 'smith'	Funke Vonck Vonk

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