Surname Kovaček in modern Croatia

Kovaček families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. According to some sources they are from Veliko Trgovisce. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ludbreg area. In Sveti Petar in Ludbreg area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kovaček.

Prevalence

About 560 people with faimily name Kovaček live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 640 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 69 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Sveti Djurdj in Ludbreg area (35), Druzilovec in Zabok area (35), Koprivnica (30), and in Mali Bukovec in Ludbreg area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Germany (5), and to Australia (2).
Family name Kovaček (including: Kovacek , Kovacec , Kovácek , Kovachek , Kowachek , Kovacsek , Kowaczek , Kowatschek , Kowacek and Kowacheck ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Kovacek " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Afghanistan , and small number of people in Sweden. "Kowachek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kowacek " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Kovaček, Miran Kovaček, Nenad Kovaček, Petar Kovaček, Ivančica Kovaček, Davor Kovaček, Mijo Kovaček, Stjepan Kovaček, Ankica Kovaček, Irena Kovaček, Josip Kovaček, Saša Kovaček, Nataša Kovaček, Alojz Kovaček, Igor Kovaček, Vlado Kovaček, Roman Kovaček, Siniša Kovaček, Kristijan Kovaček

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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