Kovalenko, Covalenko (Ukrainian: Коваленко) 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" (meaning literally "smith"). 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 (born 1978), Moldovan footballer
Oleksandr Kovalenko (disambiguation), several people
Alevtina Kovalenko (born 1980), Russian bobsledder
Anastassia Kovalenko (born 1991), Estonian motorcycle road race
Andrei Kovalenko
Andrei Kovalenko (born 1970), Russian ice hockey player
Andriy Kovalenko (born 1970), Australian water polo player
Dema Kovalenko (born 1977), Ukrainian footballer
Igor Kovalenko (born 1988), Ukrainian chess grandmaster now playing for Latvia
Irina Kovalenko (born 1984), Russian model
Oleg Kovalenko (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer
Sergei Kovalenko
Sergei Kovalenko (born 1947), former Soviet basketball player
Serhiy Kovalenko (born 1984), Ukrainian footballer
Viktor Kovalenko, several people
Vitali Kovalenko
Vitali Kovalenko (born 1934), Russian volleyball player
Vitali Kovalenko (1947–2014), Russian chess composer
Vyacheslav Kovalenko (born 1946), Russian diplomat
Yevhen Kovalenko (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer
Yury Kovalenko (1977-2014), Ukrainian soldier and Hero of Ukraine recipient
