In Croatia, Covacich families are Italians (from Porec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Porec area. In Legovići in Porec area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Covacich.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Covacich live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Rijeka (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Covacich is present in 11 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over three hundred times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.