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    The surname Kovacevich

    A Serbo-Croatian surname, carried by 728 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex K121

    Kovacevich: #31,724 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kovacevich #31,724, 728 people Kovacevich: #31,724 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kovacevich #31,724, 728 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kovacevich is more common than 80.4% of them.

    Origin

    Serbo-Croatian origin

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

    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 728 people named Kovacevich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 424,101 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 713.

    #31,724
    rank among US surnames
    728
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #30,831)

    Who is named Kovacevich

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

    96% of people named Kovacevich identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kovacevich

    Kovacevich 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 Kovacevich come from?
    From Serbo-Croatian Kovačević, from kòvāč (“blacksmith”) + -ević (“forming diminutives and surnames”). Doublet of Kovacevic.
    How common is the surname Kovacevich?
    728 people in the United States had the surname Kovacevich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 424,101 Americans. It ranked 31,724th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kovacevich?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kovacevich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kovacevich getting more or less common?
    More common. 713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 728 in 2010, up 2.1%.