# Kovacevic (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kovacevic/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Serbo-Croatian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,256 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,961 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 245,817 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (1,027 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Kovačević, from kòvāč (“blacksmith”) + -ević (“forming diminutives and surnames”). Doublet of Kovacevich.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kovacevic in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kovacevic in the United States.

## People named Kovacevic

- Stephen Kovacevich, American musician (1940–2026)
- Vladan Kovačević, association football player
- Aleksandar Kovacevic, American tennis player

## Similar surnames

Kovacevich.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.