Koval

Koval (Ukrainian: Коваль) is a Ukrainian language surname. The word means "blacksmith", making "Koval" the equivalent of "Smith" in the English-speaking world. People named Koval include:

  • Andriy Koval (born 1983), Ukrainian football player
  • George Koval (1913-2006), Soviet spy
  • Maksym Koval (born 1992), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
  • Peter Kovál, professional photographer
  • Ramona Koval (born 1954), Australian reporter
  • Vitali Koval (born 1980), Belarusian ice hockey goaltender
  • Yuriy Koval (born 1958), Ukrainian football coach, Director of Sport for the club Zorya Luhansk, and former player
  • Yury Koval (1938-1995), Russian author
Surnames derived from the occupation of smith
Gaelic
  • Cowell
  • Gow
  • Gowan
  • Mac a' Ghobhainn
  • MacGavin * McGavin
  • MacGowan * McGowan
Germanic
  • Faber
  • Schmid
  • Schmidt
  • Schmied
  • Schmitt
  • Schmitz
  • Smeets
  • Smit
  • Smith
  • Smithe
  • Smither
  • Smithers
  • Smithies
  • Smithson
  • Smits
  • Smyth
  • Smythe
Indic
  • Lohar
Kartvelian
  • Mchedlidze
  • Mchedlishvili
Romance
  • Fabbri
  • Fabre
  • Fabri
  • Favre
  • Ferrara
  • Ferrari
  • Ferraris
  • Ferraro
  • Ferreira
  • Ferrer
  • Ferrero
  • Ferretti
  • Ferrier
  • Herrera * Herrero
  • Lefébure
  • Lefebvre
  • Lefèvre
Semitic
  • Haddad
Slavic
  • Kovač
  • Kovačević
  • Kovačić
  • Kovács
  • Koval
  • Kovalchuk
  • Kovalenko
  • Kovalevich
  • Kovalevsky
  • Kovalic
  • Kovals
  • Kovalyov
  • Kovář
  • Kovařík
  • Kowal
  • Kowalczyk
  • Kowalewski
  • Kowalski
  • Kuznets
  • Kuznetsov
Uralic
  • Sepp
  • Seppä
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