Where Does the Kovalski Surname Come From?

Kovalski is how some branches of the Kowalski family came to write their name. The name is usually explained as “Blacksmith's (from kowal)”.

• In the 2010 US Census, 349 Americans gave Kovalski as their last name (rank 58,182). It sits within the 100,000 most common last names in the country.
• You may also find the name written Kovalskiy, Kovalskij and Kovalsky.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Kovalski writes “v” in place of the “w” found in Kowalski, a common scribal difference.

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