Kovačević (Serbo-Croatian, Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Ковачевић), Kovačevič (Slovene and Slovak; feminine (Slovak): Kovačevičová) or Kovačovič (Slovak; feminine: Kovačovičová), is a Slavic surname meaning "[black]smith's son".
The surname is derived from Kovač, which means "[black]smith", and is the equivalent of English Smithson.
Kovačević is the second most frequent surname in Croatia.
[1] It is the equivalent of the Polish surname Kowalewicz which has the same meaning.