Kovács
Kovács or Kovacs, meaning blacksmith, is one of the most common Hungarian family names. 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 a loanword from Slavic languages.
The top three most frequent surnames in Hungary are Nagy, Kovács, and Tóth.
Notable people
- Adalbert Kovács, Romanian footballer
- Ádám Kovács, multiple people
- Ágnes Kovács, multiple people
- Ákos Kovács, multiple people
- András Kovács, multiple people
- Andrei Kovacs, Romanian alpine skier
- Anett Kovács, Hungarian handball player
- Angela Kovács, Swedish actress
- Anna Kovács, Hungarian handball player
- Annabelle Kovacs, Canadian rhythmic gymnast
- Annamária Kovács, Hungarian athlete known as Annamária Tóth
- Antal Kovács, Hungarian judoka
- Árpád Kovács, Hungarian sprinter
- Attila Kovács, multiple people
- Balázs Kovács, multiple people
- Barbara Kovács, Hungarian racewalker known as Barbara Oláh
- Barnabás Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- Béla Kovács, multiple people
- Benedek Kovács, Hungarian swimmer
- Bill Kovacs, American pioneer of commercial computer animation technology
- Csaba Kovács, Hungarian ice hockey player
- Csaba Kovács , Hungarian rower
- Dalma Kovács, Romanian singer
- Dan Kovacs, American powerlifter
- Dániel Kovács, multiple people
- Dávid Kovács, Hungarian politician
- Dávid Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- Dénes Kovács, Hungarian violinist
- Dominik Mate Kovacs, American academic, businessperson and artificial intelligence researcher
- Dusán Kovács, Hungarian hurdler
- Edit Kovács, multiple people
- Ella Kovacs, Romanian middle distance runner
- Elvira Kovács, Serbian politician
- Emese Kovács, Hungarian swimmer
- Erika Kovacs, Romanian bobsledder
- Ernie Kovacs, American entertainer
- Ernő Kovács, Hungarian politician
- Ervin Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- , Hungarian-born Swiss chemist known for the Kovats retention index
- Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer
- Ferenc Kovács, multiple people
- Frank Kovacs, American tennis player
- Fred Kovacs, American soccer player
- Gábor Kovács, multiple people
- Gary Kovacs, Canadian-American businessman
- Gergely Kovács, multiple people
- Gergő Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- Greg Kovacs, American bodybuilder
- Gyula Kovács, multiple people
- Ida Kovács, Hungarian runner
- Ilona Kovács, Hungarian basketball player
- Ilonka Kovács, Hungarian actress known as Lucy Doraine
- Imre Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- Iosif Kovács, Romanian footballer
- István Kovács, multiple people
- Iván Kovács, Hungarian épée fencer
- János Kovács , Hungarian traveller, naturalist and educator
- János Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- János Kovács , Hungarian footballer
- Joe Kovacs, American track and field athlete
- Joe Kovacs , American puppeteer
- Jolan Kovacs, American model known as Joanne Siegel
- Jonathan Hall Kovacs, American actor and director
- Jordan Kovacs, American football coach and former player
- József Kovács, multiple people
- Judit Kovács, Hungarian high jumper
- Judit Kovács , Hungarian archer
- Julie Kovacs, American chemist
- Kálmán Kovács, multiple people
- Károly Kovács, Hungarian jurist and diplomat
- Károly Kovács , Hungarian actor
- Kata Kovács, Hungarian artist
- Katalin Kovács, Hungarian canoer
- Kati Kovács, Hungarian actress and singer
- Kati Kovács , Hungarian-Finnish ccomics artist
- Katherine Singer Kovács, American film studies academic
- Kit Kovacs, Canadian marine mammal researcher
- Klaudia Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- Kris Kovacs, Guitarist, songwriter, remixer and producer of British indie rock and new wave band Deluka
- Krisztián Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- Ladislav Kovács, Slovak Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player
- Lajos Kovács, multiple people
- László Kovács, multiple people
- Leslie Kovacs, Australian fencer
- Lóránt Kovács, Romanian footballer
- Magda Kósáné Kovács, Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament
- Magdolna Kovács, Hungarian orienteer
- Marcell Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- Margit Kovács Hungarian ceramist and sculptor
- Maria Kovacs, American psychologist and academic
- Michael Kovats de Fabriczy, Hungarian noble and military officer. Known as a founding father of the United States Cavalry.
- Michaela Kovacs, American soccer player
- Mihály Kovács, multiple people
- Miklós Kovács or Nicolae Kovács, multiple people
- Milán Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- Mónika Kovács, Hungarian alpine skier
- Myles Kovacs, American businessman
- Nándor Kovács, Hungarian track and field athlete and gymnast
- Nikolasz Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- Nikolett Kovács, Hungarian motorcycle racer
- Norbert Kovács, multiple people
- Olivér Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- Pál Kovács, Hungarian saber fencer
- Patricia Kovács, Austrian handballer known as Patrícia Mihalics
- Patrik Kovács, multiple people
- Péter Kovács, multiple people
- Pierre Kovacs, Swiss rower
- Raluca Kovacs, American politician
- Richard Kovacs, American physician
- Richárd Kovács, Hungarian boxer
- Robin Kovacs, Swedish ice hockey player
- Rita Kovács, Hungarian swimmer
- Sándor J. Kovács, Hungarian-American cardiologist
- Sandy Koufax, American baseball player
- Sarolta Kovács, Hungarian modern pentathlete
- Sharon Kovacs, Dutch singer
- Ștefan Kovács, Romanian football manager and player
- Stephen Kovacs, American saber fencer and fencing coach, charged with sexual assault, died in prison
- Tamás Kovács, multiple people
- Tibor Kovács, Hungarian petroleum engineer and politician
- Viktor Kovács, Hungarian track and field athlete
- Virginia Kovacs, American tennis player known as Virginia Wolfenden
- Zollie Kovacs, Canadian football player
- Zoltán Kovács, multiple people
- Zsófia Kovács, multiple people
- Zsolt Kovács, multiple people
- Zsuzsa Kovács, Hungarian swimmer
Fictional characters
- Takeshi Kovacs, a fictional character in three books by Richard Morgan
- Walter Kovacs, the identity of the character Rorschach, in the DC Comic series Watchmen
- Kirilli Kovacs, a character in Darren Shan's series, The Demonata.
- Tarhos Kovács, a playable character in Dead by Daylight