Covaci

Covaci is the Romanian form of the name Kovač (Ковач), meaning "forger" or "blacksmith" in Slavic languages.

Cognates

Kovač in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovenia
Kovac in the United States and parts of South America was often shortened from a longer last name given out to people who couldn't spell their last name. Example: Dukovac was shortened to Kovac.
Koval in Ukraine (also Kovalchuk, Kovalenko, Kovalev)
Kowal in Poland (also Kowalczyk, Kowalski)
Kovach, the Carpatho-Ruthenian form
Kovács, Kováts or Kovách in Hungary
Kováč in Slovakia
Kovář (also Kováč) in Czech Republic.

Notable people

Meletie Covaci, Romanian Catholic bishop
Nicolae Kovács, Romanian-Hungarian football player and coach
Nicu Covaci, Romanian painter, music composer, leader of rock and cult band Phoenix
Ştefan Covaci, Romanian football player and coach

Places

Covaci, a village in Sânandrei commune, Timiș County, Romania
Covaci River, tributary of the Olt River in Romania

Sports

ACS Fortuna Covaci, a Romanian professional football club from Covaci, Timiş County, Romania

Other

Covaci Solar Park, a thin-film photovoltaic (PV) power system, north of Timişoara, Romania

Surnames associated with the occupation of smith

Armenian	Darbinyan

Celtic	Cowell Goff Gow Gowan Mac a' Ghobhainn MacGavin / McGavin MacGowan / McGowan

Germanic	De Smet Schmid Schmidt Schmied Schmitt Schmitz Smeets Smet Smets Smit Smith Smithe Smither Smithers Smithies Smithson Smits Smyth Smythe

Indic	Lohar

Kartvelian	Mchedlidze Mchedlishvili

Romance	Fabbri Faber Fabre Fabri Faure Favre Feaver Ferrara Ferrari Ferraris Ferraro Ferrara Ferré Ferreira Ferrer Ferrero Ferreiro Ferretti Ferrier Fieraru Fierarul Herrera Herrero Lefébure Lefebvre Lefèvre

Semitic	Haddad Hadodo Al-Haddad El-Haddad

Slavic	Covaci Kovač Kovačev Kovačević Kovachev Kovačić Kovács Koval Kovalchuk (Kowalczuk) Kovalenko Kovalevich Kovalevsky Kovalic Kovals Kovalyov Kovář Kovařík Kowal, Kowalik, Kowalczyk, Kowalski, Kowalewski Kuznets Kuznetsov

Turkic	Demirci Demircioğlu

Uralic	Sepp Seppä Seppänen Seppälä

From "spark" rel. to occ. 'smith'	Funke Vonck Vonk

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