Kovačević
Kovačević (Ковачевић, Ковачевич) is a South Slavic surname meaning [black]smith's son. The surname is derived from Kovač, which means [black]smith.
Kovačević is the second most frequent surname in Croatia.[1] It is the equivallent of the Polish surname Kowalewicz which has the same meaning.
Notable people
Arts
- Dušan Kovačević (born 1948), Serbian playwright and director
- Stephen Kovacevich (born 1940), American pianist
- Milan Kovacevic (born 1985), Serbian DJ/Producer
Military
- Sava Kovačević (1905–1943), Montenegrin partisan commander
- Veljko Kovačević (1912–1994), Montenegrin and Croatian writer and general
Politics
- Anto Kovačević (born 1952), Croatian right-wing politician
- Božo Kovačević (politician), Croatian politician and diplomat
- Milan Kovačević (1941–1998), President of the Executive Committee of the Municipal Assembly of Prijedor
Science
- Ferdinand Kovačević (1838–1913), Croatian inventor, engineer, and pioneer in telegraphy
Sport
- Abid Kovačević (born 1952), Bosnian footballer
- Ante Kovacevic (born 1974), Australian footballer
- Božo Kovačević (footballer) (born 1979), Austrian footballer
- Darko Kovačević (born 1973), Serbian footballer
- Hrvoje Kovačević (born 1982), Croatian footballer
- Mladen Kovačevič (born 1980), Slovenian footballer
- Mihael Kovačević (born 1988), Swiss footballer
- Nenad Kovačević (born 1980), Serbian footballer
- Oliver Kovačević (born 1974), Serbian footballer
- Radomir Kovačević (1954–2006), Yugoslav Olympic judo champion and coach
- Saša Kovačević (born 1973), Serbian footballer
- Senka Kovačević (born 1982), Serbian-Canadian rhythmic gymnast
- Stevan Kovačević (born 1988), Serbian footballer
- Vladimir Kovačević (born 1961), Montenegrin Serb soldier
- Vladimir Kovačević (footballer) (born 1940), Serbian footballer
- Vlatko Kovačević (born 1942), Croatian chess grandmaster
See also
References
- ^ "Most frequent surnames, Census 2011". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
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