Kovalchuk (Ukrainian and Russian: ÃÂþòðûÃÂÃÂÃÂú), Kavalchuk (), Kowalczuk, Later KovalÃÂuk (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 (ÃÂþòðûÃÂ) translates as forge or blacksmith. The suffix -chuk denoted as 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 (1954âÂÂ2021), Ukrainian artist
- Yury Kovalchuk (born 1951), Russian businessman and financier
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