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Kovačević (
Serbo-Croatian ,
Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic : Ковачевић ), Kovačevič (
Slovene and
Slovak ; feminine (Slovak): Kovačevičová ) or Kovačovič (Slovak; feminine: Kovačovičová ), is a
Slavic
surname meaning "[black]smith's son". The surname is derived from
Kovač , which means "
[black]smith ", and is the equivalent of
English
Smithson .
Kovačević is the second most frequent surname in
Croatia .
[1] It is the equivalent of the
Polish surname
Kowalewicz which has the same meaning.
Notable people
Arts
Military
Politics
Science
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 [
sl ] (born 1981), Slovenian ice hockey player
Stevan Kovačević (born 1988), 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
References
Celtic Germanic Romance Semitic Slavic Other From "spark" rel. to occ. 'smith'