How common is the surname Kovacs?

9,072 people in the United States had the surname Kovacs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,033 Americans. It ranked 3,917th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kovacs?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kovacs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kovacs?

Ernie Kovacs, American comedian, actor, and writer (1919-1962), followed by István Kovács.

Where is the surname Kovacs most common?

Wikidata records people named Kovacs in Hungary, the United States and Romania and 1 other country.

Is the surname Kovacs getting more or less common?

More common. 8,775 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,072 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Kovacs

A Hungarian surname, carried by 9,072 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). Kovacs is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

Hungarian origin

From Hungarian Kovács, from kovács (“blacksmith”), from Proto-Slavic *kovačь. Doublet of Kovach and Kovack.

One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,072 people named Kovacs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,033 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,775.

#3,917

rank among US surnames

9,072

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,709)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,911	See	9,081	33,999
#3,913	Glasgow	9,078	34,010
#3,914	Register	9,075	34,022
#3,917	Kovacs	9,072	34,033
#3,918	Davey	9,071	34,037

Who is named Kovacs

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

95% of people named Kovacs identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kovacss

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ernie Kovacs
American comedian, actor, and writer (1919-1962)
István Kovács
Boxer, born 1970
József Kovács
Athletics competitor (1926–1987)
Ferenc Kovács
Association football player (b. 1934)
Dénes Kovács
(1930–2005) Hungarian classical violinist
Gergely Kovács
Archbishop of Alba Iulia, born 1968
Lajos Kovács
Association football player (b. 1894)
Patricia Kovács
Austrian handball player, born 1996

Notable Kovacss come mostly from Hungary (5), the United States (1) and Romania (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kovacs

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

Other Hungarian surnames

All 46 Hungarian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kovacs come from?: From Hungarian Kovács, from kovács (“blacksmith”), from Proto-Slavic *kovačь. Doublet of Kovach and Kovack.
How common is the surname Kovacs?: 9,072 people in the United States had the surname Kovacs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,033 Americans. It ranked 3,917th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kovacs?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kovacs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kovacs?: Ernie Kovacs, American comedian, actor, and writer (1919-1962), followed by István Kovács.
Where is the surname Kovacs most common?: Wikidata records people named Kovacs in Hungary, the United States and Romania and 1 other country.
Is the surname Kovacs getting more or less common?: More common. 8,775 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,072 in 2010, up 3.4%.