Kovács

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Kovács, or in its Slavic variant spelling Kovač, is a common surname in Hungary. Kovács or Kovač means smith in Slavic languages. The Hungarian language also borrowed this word from Slavic, thus it has the same meaning in Hungarian, too.

It is a cognate to English name Smith. There are 228,274 people in Hungary who are called Kovács; thus Kovács is the second most common surname among Hungarians.

[edit] Notable people

• László Kovács - Hungarian politician/diplomat
• Ágnes Kovács - Hungarian swimmer
• Iván Kovács - Hungarian fencer
• Pál Kovács - Hungarian fencer
• Edit Kovács - Hungarian fencer
• Magda Kósáné Kovács - Hungarian politician
• László Kovács - Hungarian-American cinematographer

[edit] See also

• Kovač (Slavic form)