# Kovacik (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kovacik/  
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 Slovak.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Slovak |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 552 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,773 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 559,322 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.8% (586 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Slovak Kováčik, from kováč (“blacksmith”) + -ik (“forming diminutives and surnames”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kovacik 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% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Kovacic, Kovacich, Kubicek.

## 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.