Coval Family History
Coval Name Meaning
Americanized form of Polish or Sorbian Kowal Ukrainian Rusyn Belorussian Czech or Jewish Koval or Slovak Kovaľ all meaning ‘blacksmith’ or a shortened and altered form of their derivatives such as the Belorussian patronymic Kovalevich. Portuguese: habitational name from any of numerous places called Coval from coval ‘pit hollow’. Possibly also an altered form of English Covell .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022