Koval Family Crest and Last Name Background

Ask a genealogist about Koval and the first name they will mention is Kowal. At root, the name means “smith”.

• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• The two spellings differ in a small detail: Koval has “v” where Kowal has “w”.
• 4,855 Americans were listed as Koval in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames. Spain's INE counts 505 residents with Koval as first surname and 66 with it as second.

Heraldry and the Koval name

There is no single Koval family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Koval report, with a museum-style coat of arms.