Kovács

Kovács or Kovacs, meaning blacksmith, is one of the most common Hungarian family names.[1]

History

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The name is found in Hungary and Hungarian expatriate communities. There are similar names with the Kováts or Kovách spellings. The name means "blacksmith" in Hungarian, and it is probably a loanword from Slavic languages.[2]

The top three most frequent surnames in Hungary are Nagy, Kovács, and Tóth.[3]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ Ganzhina, I. M. (2001) Словарь современных русских фамилий. Moscow: Astrel. p. 260. ISBN 5-271-00127-X.
  2. ^ Cresswell, Julia (2010). "The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins". The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins.
  3. ^ Tamás Farkas, A Surname Typology Project: The Lessons Learnt from the Distribution of the Most Frequent Hungarian Surnames