How common is the surname Kovach?

9,040 people in the United States had the surname Kovach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,153 Americans. It ranked 3,940th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kovach?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kovach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kovach getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,040 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Kovach

A surname, carried by 9,040 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kovach is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

From Czech and Slovak Kováč, Slovene Kovač, Serbo-Croatian Kòvač, Hungarian Kovács, Bulgarian ковач (kovač) or Polish Kowacz, all from Slavic words meaning "blacksmith", ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kovati (“to forge”). Doublet of Kovac, Kovack, and Kovacs.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,040 people named Kovach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,153 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,130.

#3,940

rank among US surnames

9,040

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #3,570)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,936	Nunley	9,046	34,131
#3,937	Jonas	9,043	34,142
#3,939	Belton	9,041	34,149
#3,940	Barnhill	9,040	34,153

Who is named Kovach

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

96% of people named Kovach identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kovach

Kovach has the Soundex code K120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K120.

Questions

Where does the surname Kovach come from?: From Czech and Slovak Kováč, Slovene Kovač, Serbo-Croatian Kòvač, Hungarian Kovács, Bulgarian ковач (kovač) or Polish Kowacz, all from Slavic words meaning "blacksmith", ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kovati (“to forge”). Doublet of Kovac, Kovack, and Kovacs.
How common is the surname Kovach?: 9,040 people in the United States had the surname Kovach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,153 Americans. It ranked 3,940th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kovach?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kovach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kovach getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,040 in 2010, down 1.0%.