Kovács Explained

Kovács or Kovacs, meaning blacksmith, is one of the most common Hungarian family names.

History

The name is found in Hungary and Hungarian expatriate communities. There are similar names with the Kováts or Kovách spellings. The name means "blacksmith" in Hungarian, and it is probably a loanword from Slavic languages.[1]

The top three most frequent surnames in Hungary are Nagy, Kovács, and Tóth.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cresswell . Julia . 2010 . The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins . The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins.
  2. Tamás Farkas, A Surname Typology Project: The Lessons Learnt from the Distribution of the Most Frequent Hungarian Surnames