Surname Kovač in modern Croatia

Kovač families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Cabar. According to some sources they are from Kapela and Lipovo Brdo near Bjelovar or Medjimurje, and Moravska (Hostalkova), very rarely Hungarians from Osijek area or Pécs (Hungary) and Serbs from Beli Manastir. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In places Posušje and Zavelim in Herzegovina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Kovač.

Prevalence

About 8000 people with faimily name Kovač live in Croatia today, in 3400 households. There were 7300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 109 cities and 659 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1515), Osijek (355), Cakovec (190), Split (180), and in Koprivnica (160).

Outside Croatia

At least 121 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (49), France (16), Australia (14), the United States (10), Austria (9), Sweden (6), Belgium (5), Canada (3), the United Kingdom (3), the Netherlands (2), Switzerland (2), Argentina (1), and to Brazil (1).
Family name Kovač (including: Kovac , Kovacs , Kovach , Kovaci , Kowatsch , Kowacz , Kovatsch , Kowach , Kovacz and Kowac ) is present in 117 countries worldwide. The family name "Kovac " is used by some 40000 people in Slovakia , about 10000 in the United States , and some 10000 people in Czech Republic. "Kovach " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 9000 in Ukraine , and some 3000 people in Russian Federation. "Kowacz " is used by some 300 people in Poland , about 70 in Brazil , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Kovač, Dean Kovač, Jurica Kovač, Milan Kovač, Miroslav Kovač, Ivan Kovač, Spomenka Kovač, Marina Kovač, Mario Kovač, Vladimir Kovač, Ružica Kovač, Dražen Kovač, Ante Kovač, Joško Kovač, Silvana Kovač, Igor Kovač, Sanjica Kovač, Darko Kovač, Josip Kovač

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 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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