Kovalchuk

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Kovalchuk (Ukrainian and Russian: Ковальчук), Kavalchuk (), Kowalczuk, Later Kovalčuk (Polish), Covalciuc (Romanian), also transliterated as Kowalchuk (in the North American diaspora), is a common East Slavic surname (one of the most popular in Ukraine). The Kovalchuk name extends back to before 1500 AD in Kievan Rus.

Koval (Коваль) literally translates as forge or blacksmith. The suffix -chuk denoted either a son of, or an apprentice to a blacksmith. It is somewhat similar in commonality to the English surname Smith. It is also cognate with the very popular Polish surnames Kowalczyk and Kowalski.

In East Slavic languages, the correct pronunciation is ko-vahl-CHOOK. Among Ukrainian Canadians, the pronunciation ko-WAL-chuk is more common.

People

Kovalchuk

Andrey Kovalchuk (born 1959), Russian sculptor
Andrii Kovalchuk (born 1972), Ukrainian general
Anna Kovalchuk (born 1977), Russian actress
Boris Kovalchuk (born 1977), Russian official, son of Yury Kovalchuk
Ekaterina Kovalchuk (born 1990), Belarusian footballer
Ilya Kovalchuk (born 1983), Russian ice hockey player
Kyrylo Kovalchuk (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
Maria Kovalchuk, Ukrainian model and victim of human trafficking in Dubai
Mikhail Kovalchuk (born 1946), Russian physicist and politician
Oleksii Kovalchuk (born 1989), Ukrainian poker player
Olga Kovalchuk (born 1976), Ukrainian Paralympic sport shooter
Petro Kovalchuk (born 1984), Ukrainian footballer
Sergey Petrovich Kovalchuk (born 1973), Belarusian footballer
Tatiana Kovalchuk (born 1979), Ukrainian tennis player
Victoria Kovalchuk (1954–2021), Ukrainian artist
Yury Kovalchuk (born 1951), Russian businessman and financier

Kavalchuk

Aksana Kavalchuk (born 1979), Belarusian volleyball player
Maksim Kavalchuk (born 2000), Belarusian footballer
Syarhey Kavalchuk (born 1978), Belarusian footballer

Kowalczuk

Aleksandra Kowalczuk (born 1996), Polish taekwondo practitioner
Chris Kowalczuk (born 1985), Canadian football player
Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk (born 1967), German historian and author
Jadwiga Kowalczuk (1931–1998), Polish athlete

Other

Ed Kowalchuk (1926–2003), Canadian politician
John Russell Kowalchuk (1921–2000), Canadian politician
Serghei Covalciuc (born 1982), Moldovan-Ukrainian footballer

References

[https://sites.google.com/site/uaname/popularnist-prizvis/misca-1---10000 Популярні призвища та імена України]

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