The name is found in
Hungary and Hungarian expatriate communities. There are similar names with the Kováts or Kovách spellings. The name means "
blacksmith" in
Hungarian, and it is probably a
loanword from
Slavic languages or an ancient steepe word for blacksmith[2]. There are 221,688 people in Hungary who are named Kovács, making the name the second most common family name among
Hungarians.[citation needed]
This page lists people with the
surnameKovács (Kovacs). 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.
The name is found in
Hungary and Hungarian expatriate communities. There are similar names with the Kováts or Kovách spellings. The name means "
blacksmith" in
Hungarian, and it is probably a
loanword from
Slavic languages or an ancient steepe word for blacksmith[2]. There are 221,688 people in Hungary who are named Kovács, making the name the second most common family name among
Hungarians.[citation needed]
This page lists people with the
surnameKovács (Kovacs). 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.