Surname Kovacs in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kovacs families are mainly Hungarians (from Rovinj area ), less frequently Croats (also from Rovinj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Backa, Vojvodina and in Osijek area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kovacs live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Vrsar in Rovinj area (<10), Supetar on the Island of Brac (<5), Pula (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kovacs (including: Kovács , Covacs and Kovachs ) is present in 84 countries worldwide. The family name "Kovacs " is used by some 200000 people in Hungary , about 40000 in Romania , and some 30000 people in the United States. "Kovachs " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Covacs " is used by small number of people in Brazil , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Laszlo Kovacs, Eva Kovacs, Sanja Kovacs, Tereza Kovacs, Antal Kovacs, Katalin Kovacs, Robert Kovacs, Tibor Kovacs, Gabor Kovacs, Rosmeri Kovacs, Zoltan Kovacs, Andor Kovacs, Ferenc Kovacs, Gyorgy Kovacs, Jozsef Kovacs, Lea Kovacs, Zsolt Kovacs, Janos Kovacs, Mihaly Kovacs

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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