How common is the surname Kovacevic?

1,256 people in the United States had the surname Kovacevic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,817 Americans. It ranked 20,961st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kovacevic?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kovacevic identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kovacevic?

Stephen Kovacevich, American musician (1940–2026), followed by Vladan Kovačević.

Where is the surname Kovacevic most common?

Wikidata records people named Kovacevic in the United States.

Is the surname Kovacevic getting more or less common?

More common. 1,027 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,256 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Kovacevic

A Serbo-Croatian surname, carried by 1,256 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex K121

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kovacevic is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

Serbo-Croatian origin

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

One of 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,256 people named Kovacevic in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,817 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,027.

#20,961

rank among US surnames

1,256

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+22.3%

change since 2000 (was #23,191)

Who is named Kovacevic

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Kovacevic identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Two or more races 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kovacevics

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stephen Kovacevich
American musician (1940–2026)
Vladan Kovačević
Association football player, born 1998
Aleksandar Kovacevic
American tennis player, born 1998

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kovacevic

Kovacevich

Kovacevic has the Soundex code K121, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K121.

Other Serbo-Croatian surnames

All 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kovacevic come from?: From Serbo-Croatian Kovačević, from kòvāč (“blacksmith”) + -ević (“forming diminutives and surnames”). Doublet of Kovacevich.
How common is the surname Kovacevic?: 1,256 people in the United States had the surname Kovacevic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,817 Americans. It ranked 20,961st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kovacevic?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kovacevic identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kovacevic?: Stephen Kovacevich, American musician (1940–2026), followed by Vladan Kovačević.
Where is the surname Kovacevic most common?: Wikidata records people named Kovacevic in the United States.
Is the surname Kovacevic getting more or less common?: More common. 1,027 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,256 in 2010, up 22%.