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
Kovach Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kovach Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovach Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kovach (Russian: Ковач) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Kovách or Kovaçh. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovach? popularity and diffusion
It is the 20,186th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 268,973 people. The surname Kovach occurs mostly in Europe, where 49 percent of Kovach are found; 49 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 48 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,951,561st most widespread first name globally It is held by 29 people.
The surname Kovach is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 12,070 people, or 1 in 30,030. In The United States it is primarily found in: Ohio, where 20 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 13 percent live and Michigan, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Kovach occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 41 percent live and Russia, where 8 percent live.
Kovach Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name 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 Republicans than The US average, with 54.64% being 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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