Kovačić

Kovačić, alternatively spelled Kovacic in English or Kovacsics in Hungarian, is a common surname in Croatia and far less common in Serbia. It is also very common in Slovenia where it is usually spelled Kovačič. Etymologically it is a patronymic derivative of the surname Kovač, which is a cognate of the English surname Smith, and as such is closely related to the similar surname Kovačević. Thus, they could both be considered equivalents to the English form "Smithson".^{[citation needed]}

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).^{[citation needed]}

It may refer to:

• Ante Kovačić (1854–1889), Croatian writer
• Antun Kovacic (born 1981), Australian footballer
• Bruno Kovačić (born 1967), Croatian musician
• Chuck Kovacic, American television and voice actor
• Dieter Kovačič (born 1973), real name of the Austrian musician better known as Dieb13
• Emilio Kovačić (born 1968), Croatian basketball player
• Igor Kovačić (born 1979), Serbian canoer
• Ivan Goran Kovačić (1913–1943), Croatian poet
• Mateo Kovačić (born 1994), Croatian footballer
• Miklós Kovacsics (born 1953), Hungarian handball player
• Miljenko Kovačić (1973–2005), Croatian footballer
• 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 (born 1925), Croatian water polo player

References

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