Kovačević (Serbo-Croatian, Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Ковачевић), Kovačevič (Slovene and Slovak; feminine (Slovak): Kovačevičová) or Kovačovič (Slovak; feminine: Kovačovičová), is a Slavic surname meaning "smith's son". The surname is derived from Kovač, which means "smith", and is the equivalent of English Smithson.
Kovačević is the second most frequent surname in Croatia. 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
- Vladan Kovačević (born 1997), 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
- All pages with titles containing Kovacevic
- 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.
Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Kovačević, Kovačevič (Kovačevičová), or Kovačovič (Kovačovičová). If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
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