Kovalenko


title: "Kovalenko" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ukrainian-language-surnames", "occupational-surnames", "surnames-of-ukrainian-origin"] topic_path: "general/ukrainian-language-surnames" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovalenko" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Kovalenko () is a very common Ukrainian surname.

It is used commonly to describe a son of a blacksmith and is the equivalent of Smithson in the English-speaking world, derived from the root koval (; meaning literally "blacksmith"). Notable people with the surname include:

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