Chovanec

See also: chovanec

English

Alternative forms

• Hovanec, Hovanets, Hovanetz, Chovanetz, Chowanetz

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Chovanec.

Proper noun

Chovanec (plural Chovanecs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chovanec is the 37391^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 596 individuals. Chovanec is most common among White (96.31%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chovanec”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331.

Czech

Etymology

From chovanec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxovanɛt͡s]
• Homophone: chovanec

Proper noun

Chovanec m anim (female equivalent Chovancová or Chovanecová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Chovanec (soft masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Chovanec	Chovancové
genitive	Chovance	Chovanců
dative	Chovancovi	Chovancům
accusative	Chovance	Chovance
vocative	Chovanče	Chovancové
locative	Chovancovi	Chovancích
instrumental	Chovancem	Chovanci

Further reading

• “Chovanec”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxɔvaɲet͡s]
• Homophone: chovanec

Proper noun

Chovanec m pers (female equivalent Chovancová or Chovanecová)

1. a male surname

Further reading

• “Chovanec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024