Kovalchuk
Kovalchuk, Kavalchuk, Kowalczuk, also transliterated as a German adaptation Kowalchuk, is a common East Slavic surname. The Kovalchuk name extends back to before 1500 AD in the Kievan Rus.
Koval 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 English surname Smith. It is also cognate with very popular Polish surnames Kowalczyk and Kowalski.
In East Slavic Languages, the correct pronunciation would be ko-vahl-CHOOK, but for those living in the West, for example Ukrainian Canadians, the pronunciation ko-WAL-chuk is more common.People
- Andrey Kovalchuk, Russian sculptor
- Anna Kovalchuk, Russian actress
- Boris Kovalchuk, Russian official, son of Yury Kovalchuk
- Chris Kowalczuk, Canadian footballer
- Serghei Covalciuc, Moldovan-Ukrainian footballer
- Syarhey Kavalchuk, Belarusian footballer
- Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian professional ice hockey player
- Kyrylo Kovalchuk, Ukrainian footballer
- Mikhail Kovalchuk, Scientific Secretary of the Council for Science and High Technologies attached to the President of the Russian Federation
- Victoria Kovalchuk, Ukrainian artist
- Yury Kovalchuk, Russian businessman, head of the Board of Directors of the Russia bank
