Kovarík

surname · Latin script

Kovarík is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: occupational name for a blacksmith, from a pet form of Kovar (see Kovar).

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 3K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 84K
  • HRCroatia1 in 124K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

3,558 people

Sources
65 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kovarik in CZ Czechia, US United States, SK Slovakia and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

occupational name for a blacksmith, from a pet form of Kovar (see Kovar).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kovarík counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kovarík is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#5793,5581 in 3K3.6KKovarik65
US United States—1,5251 in 218K1.5KKovarik34
SA Saudi Arabia—≈200 est.≈1 in 174K—Kovarik2
BR Brazil—≈120 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Kovarik13
GB United Kingdom—≈110 est.≈1 in 596K—Kovarik16
SK Slovakia—651 in 84K65Kovarik27
HR Croatia—341 in 124K34——

3,558 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017, counting the spelling kovařík. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kovarík is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Kovařík, Kovarik, Kovařik, Kovářík

  • English surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Kovarik, Kovařík, Kovařik, Kovářík

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Kovarík
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—6#111,988

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kovarík mean, and where does it come from?
occupational name for a blacksmith, from a pet form of Kovar (see Kovar). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Kovarík have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 3.6 thousand people named Kovarík, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kovarik.
Where is Kovarík most common?
Kovarík is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.0 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Kovarík?
In Czechia, the national register counted 3,558 people named Kovarík, about 1 in 3.0 thousand residents.
How common is Kovarík compared with other names?
In Czechia, Kovarík is the 579th most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kovarík” — the 579th most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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