Kovács or Kovacs, meaning blacksmith, is one of the most common Hungarian family names.
[1] 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 probably a loanword from Slavic languages.
[2] The top three most frequent surnames in Hungary are Nagy, Kovács, and Tóth.