Kovach Surname
Approximately 27,094 people bear this surname
Kovach Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12,070 | 1:30,030 | 3,731 |
| Ukraine | 11,116 | 1:4,095 | 392 |
| Russia | 2,208 | 1:65,273 | 8,472 |
| Canada | 626 | 1:58,859 | 6,933 |
| Argentina | 254 | 1:168,281 | 14,146 |
| Moldova | 153 | 1:23,277 | 3,901 |
| Belarus | 87 | 1:109,208 | 16,337 |
| Kazakhstan | 61 | 1:289,877 | 24,582 |
| Bulgaria | 54 | 1:129,239 | 7,530 |
| Israel | 54 | 1:158,475 | 16,422 |
| Transnistria | 47 | 1:10,100 | 2,028 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 32 | 1:186,645 | 18,861 |
| Serbia | 32 | 1:223,280 | 12,990 |
| Hungary | 30 | 1:327,209 | 24,029 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Peru | 11 | 1:2,889,466 | 28,985 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
The alternate forms: Kovách (211) & Kovaçh (1) are calculated separately.
Kovach (29) may also be a first name.
Kovach Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Hungarian) The worker in metals; a smith.
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'smith' or 'blacksmith' in Magyar (Hungarian).
- dbkovachIt comes from a Slavic word meaning, 'forger' or 'blacksmith'.
- covaciKovach is a variant of Kovacs, which means 'smith'.
- xinpheldKovach Demographics
Average Kovach Salary in
United States
$44,001 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kovach Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovach Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kovach (Russian: Ковач) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kovách or Kovaçh. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovach? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 20,186th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 268,973 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 49 percent of Kovach reside; 49 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 48 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 29 people.
The last name Kovach is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 12,070 people, or 1 in 30,030. In The United States it is most common in: Ohio, where 20 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 13 percent are found and Michigan, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States Kovach occurs in 59 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 41 percent are found and Russia, where 8 percent are found.
Kovach Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kovach surname is chiefly Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kovach surname are 7.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.64% registered with the party.
The amount Kovach earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 7.53% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,844 per year; in United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,001 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.38% less than the national average, earning $48,502 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kovach Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kovach in the Russian language | ||
| Ковач | kovac | - |
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Footnotes
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