Kovach

Kovach is the 4,132nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 8,335 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 35,900.

By the numbers

People: 8,335
Rank: 4,132nd
How common: 1 in 35,900
Per 100,000: 2.8

Where the name comes from

From Czech and Slovak Kováč, Slovene Kovač, Serbo-Croatian Kòvač, Hungarian Kovács, Bulgarian ковач or Polish Kowacz, all from sla words meaning "blacksmith", ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kovati (“to forge”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Kovach described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 93.4%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
Black, not Hispanic 0.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Surnames like Kovach

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.