Surname

Kováts

“smith”

Kováts is a surname. It is used in Hungarian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kováts is a form of Kovács. Kovács goes back to a word meaning “smith.”

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Where it comes from

Kováts is a form of Kovács. Kovács comes from Slavic.

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Kováts’s family of names

In Hungarian usage, Kováts as a surname has a related form in Kovács. In Hungarian usage, Kováts as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Ковач.

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