Kovačić

Kovačić (Serbo-Croatian, Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Ковачић), alternatively spelled Kovačič in Slovene and Slovak (feminine (Slovak): Kovačičová), Kovacsics in Hungarian, or transliterated as Kovacic/Kovacich/Kovachich in English, is one of the most common surnames in Croatia, Slovenia, as well as Hungary and Serbia. Etymologically it is a patronymic derivative of the surname Kovač, which is a Slavic cognate of the English surname Smith, and as such is closely related to the similar surname Kovačević.

In Croatia the form Kovačić is more common than Kovač, whereas in Slovenia it is the other way around. There are around 12,000 people with this surname in Croatia, making it the 7th most common in the country.^[1]

It may refer to:

Anikó Kovacsics (b. 1991), Hungarian handballer
Ante Kovačić (1854–1889), Croatian writer
Antun Kovacic (born 1981), Australian footballer
Bruno Kovačić (b. 1967), Croatian musician
Dieter Kovačič (b. 1973), real name of the Austrian musician better known as Dieb13
Emilio Kovačić (b. 1968), Croatian basketball player
Igor Kovačić (b. 1979), Serbian sprint canoer
Ivan Goran Kovačić (1913–1943), Croatian poet
Lojze Kovačič (1928–2004), Slovenian writer
Maria Kovacic, Australian politician
Mateo Kovačić (b. 1994), Croatian footballer
Miklós Kovacsics (1953–2005), Hungarian handball player
Miljenko Kovačić (1973–2005), Croatian footballer
Miodrag Kovačić (b. 1965), Serbian weightlifter
Peter Kovačič Peršin (b. 1945), Slovenian theologian
Risto Kovačić (1845–1909), Serbian scholar and writer
Viktor Kovačić (1874–1924), Croatian architect
William Kovacic, member of the United States Federal Trade Commission
Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić (1925–2015), Croatian water polo player

References

^ "Most frequent surnames, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Kovačić, Kovačič (Kovačičová), Kovacsics, or Kovacic.
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Surnames associated with the occupation of smith

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