Koval (surname)
Koval is a Ukrainian surname. The word means "blacksmith", making "Koval" the equivalent of "Smith" in the English-speaking world. Notable people with the name include:
- Anastasia Koval, Ukrainian artistic gymnast
- Andriy Koval, Ukrainian football player
- Denis Koval, Russian speed skater
- George Koval, spy for the Soviet Union in the United States
- Ihor Koval, Ukrainian historian and political scholar
- Ivan Koval-Samborsky, Ukrainian stage and film actor
- J. J. Koval, American soccer player
- Kate Koval Ukrainian basketball player
- Maksym Koval, Ukrainian football goalkeeper
- Mykhailo Koval, Ukrainian military officer, Minister of Defence of Ukraine
- Mykola Koval, Ukrainian operatic baritone
- Oleksandr Koval, Ukrainian football coach and former player
- Peter Kovál, American professional photographer
- Ramona Koval, Australian reporter
- Robin Koval, American businesswoman, author and CEO and president of Truth Initiative
- Stanislav Koval, Ukrainian football player
- Vera Koval, Russian judoka
- Viktor Koval, Russian writer, poet and actor
- Viktoriya Koval, Ukrainian archery athlete
- Vital Koval, Belarusian ice hockey goaltender
- Vitalina Koval, Ukrainian LGBT rights activist
- Vitaliy Koval, Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician
- Vlada Koval, Russian tennis player
- Vladimir Koval, Ukrainian-Canadian football player
- Volodymyr Koval, Ukrainian football player
- Yevgeni Koval, Russian football player
- Yuriy Koval, Ukrainian football coach, Director of Sport for the club Zorya Luhansk, and former player
- Yuriy Koval, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
- Yury Koval, Russian author