Kovalenko ( uk, Коваленко) is a very common

Ukrainian surname By the 18th century almost all Ukrainians had family names. Most Ukrainian surnames (and surnames in Slavic languages in general) are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names, place names, professions and other words. Surnam ...

. It is used commonly to describe a son of a blacksmith and is the equivalent of ''

Smithson Smithson or Smythson is an English surname and (less often) a given name. Notable people bearing the name include: Architects * Alison and Peter Smithson, 20th-century British architects * Robert Smythson, 16th-century English architect, father o ...

'' in the English-speaking world, derived from the root ''koval'' ( uk, коваль; meaning literally "

blacksmith A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from #Other metals, other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such ...

"). It can refer to: * Aleksandr Kovalenko (Alexandr, Alexander) ** Aleksandr Kovalenko (born 1963), retired USSR triple jumper ** Alexander Andreevich Kovalenko (born 1909), Soviet WWII pilot, hero of the Soviet Union **

Alexandr Covalenco Alexandru Covalenco (russian: Александр Коваленко, born 25 March 1978 in Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR) is a retired Moldovan footballer. Career In February 2002, he joined Dynamo Moscow, signing a 5-year contract. He was the membe ...

(born 1978), Moldovan footballer ** Oleksandr Kovalenko (disambiguation), several people *

Alevtina Kovalenko Alevtina Kovalenko (born September 9, 1980) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 2005. Her best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup was fifth in the two-woman event at Winterberg in February 2007. Kovalenko's best finish at the FIBT World ...

(born 1980), Russian bobsledder *

Anastassia Kovalenko Anastassia is a feminine given name. Notable people with this given name include the following * Anastassia Kovalenko (born 1991), Estonian motorcycle road racer * Anastassia Khozissova (born 1979), Russian model *Anastassia Michaeli (born 1975), ...

(born 1991), Estonian motorcycle road racer * Andrei Kovalenko **

Andrei Kovalenko Andrei Nikolaevich Kovalenko (russian: Андрей Николаевич Коваленко; born June 7, 1970) is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Aval ...

(born 1970), Russian ice hockey player **

Andriy Kovalenko Andrei Kovalenko (Андрій Коваленко; born 6 November 1970 in Kiev) is an Australian water polo player and current coach of the UWA Torpedoes Men's Water Polo team and coach of the u18 and u16 UWA City Beach Bears. He competed for ...

(born 1970), Australian water polo player * Bohdan Kovalenko (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer *

Dema Kovalenko Dmytro "Dema" Kovalenko ( uk, Дмитро (Діма) Коваленко; born 28 August 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his playing career in the United States after moving there i ...

(born 1977), Ukrainian footballer *

Igor Kovalenko Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko (russian: Игорь Викторович Коваленко; lv, Igors Kovaļenko; born 29 December 1988, Novomoskovsk) is a Ukrainian chess player who played for Latvia between 2013 and 2021 and holds the FIDE titl ...

(born 1988), Ukrainian chess grandmaster now playing for Latvia *

Irina Kovalenko Irina Kovalenko (russian: Ирина Коваленко; 1984 Murmansk) is a Russian model. She won “Miss Murmansk” and “ The Beauty of Russia” titles in 2001. She represented Russia at Miss World pageant same year and she made it to the ...

(born 1984), Russian model *

Iryna Kovalenko Iryna Kovalenko (born 12 June 1986) is a Ukrainian female high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-prac ...

(born 1986), Ukrainian high jumper * Kostiantyn Kovalenko (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer *

Lyudmyla Kovalenko Lyudmyla Kovalenko or Liudmyla Kovalenko ( uk, Людмила Коваленко, née Liakhovich; born 26 June 1989, Berdychiv) is a Ukrainian and a Belarusian athlete. Kovalenko won the silver medal at the 2012 European Championships in Helsink ...

, Ukrainian writer *

(b. 1989), Ukrainian athlete *

Oleksandr Kovalenko (footballer) Oleksandr Kovalenko ( uk, Олександр Олександрович Коваленко; 24 March 1976 – 21 December 2010) was a Ukrainian professional football player and later a football referee. Career Kovalenko made his professional ...

(1976 – 2010), Ukrainian footballer *

Oleg Kovalenko Oleh Kovalenko (born 11 April 1988) is a Ukrainian professional footballer, who plays for Real Pharma Odesa in the Ukrainian Second League. He plays the position of midfielder or striker Striker or The Strikers may refer to: People *A parti ...

(born 1988), Ukrainian footballer * Sergei Kovalenko **

Sergei Kovalenko Sergey Ivanovich Kovalenko (russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Ковале́нко, uk, Сергій Іванович Коваленко; born 11 August 1947, died 18 November 2004 at age 57 in Kyiv) was a Soviet Ukrainian ...

(born 1947), former Soviet basketball player **

Serhiy Kovalenko Serhiy Viktorovych Kovalenko ( uk, Сергій Вікторович Коваленко; born 10 May 1984) is a Ukrainian retired footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. Career Early career Serhiy Kovalenko started his youth career a ...

(born 1984), Ukrainian footballer *

Viktor Kovalenko (disambiguation) Viktor Kovalenko or Victor Covalenko or ''variant'', may refer to: *Viktor Kovalenko (footballer) (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer *Viktor Kovalenko (ice dancer) (born 1991), Uzbek ice dancer * Victor Kovalenko (born 1950), Ukrainian–Australian ...

, several people * Vitali Kovalenko **

Vitali Kovalenko Vitali Aleksandrovich Kovalenko (russian: Виталий Александрович Коваленко, born March 17, 1934) is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union ...

(born 1934), Russian volleyball player **

(1947–2014), Russian

chess composer A chess composer is a person who creates endgame studies or chess problems. Chess composers usually specialize in a particular genre, e.g. endgame studies, twomovers, threemovers, moremovers, helpmates, selfmates, fairy problems, or retrograde ...

Vyacheslav Kovalenko Vyacheslav Yevgenevich Kovalenko (russian: Вячеслав Евгеньевич Коваленко) (born 27 March 1946) is a career diplomat and a former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Armenia. He serv ...

(born 1946), Russian diplomat *

Yevhen Kovalenko Yevhen Kovalenko ( ua, Євген Олегович Коваленко; born 11 August 1992) is a Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia in Ukrainian First League. Career Kovalenko is a product of the youth team syste ...

(born 1992), Ukrainian footballer * Yuriy Kovalenko (1977-2014), Ukrainian soldier and Hero of Ukraine recipient

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