Kovalenko
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. It can refer to:
- Aleksandr Kovalenko
- * Aleksandr Kovalenko, retired USSR triple jumper
- * Alexander Andreevich Kovalenko, Soviet WWII pilot, hero of the Soviet Union
- * Alexandr Covalenco, Moldovan footballer
- * Oleksandr Kovalenko, several people
- Alevtina Kovalenko, Russian bobsledder
- Anastassia Kovalenko, Estonian motorcycle road racer
- Andrei Kovalenko
- * Andrei Kovalenko, Russian ice hockey player
- * Andriy Kovalenko, Australian water polo player
- Bohdan Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer
- Dema Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer
- Igor Kovalenko, Ukrainian chess grandmaster now playing for Latvia
- Irina Kovalenko, Russian model
- Iryna Kovalenko, Ukrainian high jumper
- Kostiantyn Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer
- Oleg Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer
- Sergei Kovalenko
- * Sergei Kovalenko, former Soviet basketball player
- * Serhiy Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer
- Viktor Kovalenko, several people
- Vitali Kovalenko
- * Vitali Kovalenko, Russian volleyball player
- * Vitali Kovalenko, Russian chess composer
- Vyacheslav Kovalenko, Russian diplomat
- Yevhen Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer
- Yury Kovalenko, Ukrainian soldier and Hero of Ukraine recipient
