Kovačić

Kovačić, alternatively spelled Kovačič in Slovene, Kovacsics in Hungarian, or transliterated as Kovacic/Kovachich in English, is the most common surname in Croatia, Slovenia, as well as Hungary and Serbia. Etymologically it is a patronymic derivative of the surname Kovač, which is a Slavic cognate of the English surname Smith, and as such is closely related to the similar surname Kovačević.

In Croatia the form "Kovačić" is more common than Kovač, whereas in Slovenia it is the other way around. There are around 12,000 people with this surname in Croatia, making it the 7th most common in the country.^[1] In Slovenia "Kovačič" is the 4th most common surname and there are some 5,600 people with the surname plus some 300 with the form Kovačić (mostly Croats of Slovenia).

It may refer to:

• Ante Kovačić (1854–1889), Croatian writer
• Antun Kovacic (b. 1981), Australian footballer
• Bruno Kovačić (b. 1967), Croatian musician
• Chuck Kovacic, American television and voice actor
• Dieter Kovačič (b. 1973), real name of the Austrian musician better known as Dieb13
• Emilio Kovačić (b. 1968), Croatian basketball player
• Igor Kovačić (b. 1979), Serbian sprint canoer
• Ivan Goran Kovačić (1913–1943), Croatian poet
• Lojze Kovačič (1928-2004), Slovenian writer
• Mateo Kovačić (b. 1994), Croatian footballer
• Miklós Kovacsics (b. 1953), Hungarian handball player
• Miljenko Kovačić (1973–2005), Croatian footballer
• Peter Kovačič Peršin (b. 1945), Slovenian theologian
• Risto Kovačić (1845–1909), Serbian scholar and writer
• Viktor Kovačić (1874–1924), Croatian architect
• William Kovacic, member of the United States Federal Trade Commission
• Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić (b. 1925), Croatian water polo player
• Tomáš Kovačič, Croatian-Czech team doctor for Slovakia national under-18 football team

See also

• Kovač
• Kovačev
• Kovačević

References

1. "Most frequent surnames, Census 2011". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-06.