Surname Kovačev in modern Croatia

Kovačev families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Kovačev live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 440 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 20 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Murter on the Island of Murter (55), Kastel Luksic (35), Djurdjevac (25), and in Ferdinandovac in Djurdjevac area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Kovačev (including: Kovachev , Kovacev , Covacev and Kovacsev ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Kovacev " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 80 in Germany , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Anton Kovačev, Melita Kovačev, Đuro Kovačev, Koraljka Kovačev, Veronika Kovačev, Ivo Kovačev, Kristina Kovačev, Darko Kovačev, Igor Kovačev, Vinko Kovačev, Snježana Kovačev, Meri Kovačev, Mirko Kovačev, Ljiljana Kovačev, Natalija Kovačev, Tanja Kovačev, Miro Kovačev, Đurica Kovačev, Robert Kovačev

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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