Kovalskiy Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Spellings drift, and Kovalskiy is where Kowalski drifted for some families. The name is usually explained as “Blacksmith's (from kowal)”.

• The same family of names includes Kovalsky, Kovalski and Kovalskij.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• Before spelling was fixed, Kowalski was also written Kovalskiy.

Kovalskiy coat of arms

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