Kowalczyk is the fifth most common surname in Poland (98,739 people in 2009). The name comes from the word "blacksmith". Notable people The surname may refer to: Adam Kowalczyk (born 1975), American musician, brother of Ed Kowalczyk August Kowalczyk (1921–2012), Polish actor Bartosz Kowalczyk, Polish handball player Bogdan Kowalczyk (born 1946), Polish handball player Ed Kowalczyk (born 1971), American rock singer, brother of Adam Kowalczyk Henryk Kowalczyk (born 1956), Polish politician Ignace Kowalczyk (born 1913), German-French footballer Jacek Kowalczyk (born 1981), Polish footballer Jan Kowalczyk (1941–2020), Polish show jumping champion Jarosław Kowalczyk (born 1989), Polish cyclist Józef Kowalczyk (born 1938), Polish clergyman, archbishop of Gniezno Justyna Kowalczyk (born 1983), Polish cross-country skier Kamil Kowalczyk, Polish footballer Maciej Kowalczyk (born 1977), Polish footballer Marcin Kowalczyk (born 1985), Polish footballer Marek Kowalczyk, Polish footballer Mariano Kowalczyk (born 1971), Argentine rower Mateusz Kowalczyk (born 1987), Polish tennis player Sebastian Kowalczyk, Polish footballer Sugar Kowalczyk, 1959 American crime comedy Some Like It Hot character Tod Kowalczyk (born 1966), American college basketball coach Ulrich Kowalczyk, German football manager Walt Kowalczyk (1935–2018), American football player in the National Football League Wojciech Kowalczyk (born 1972), Polish footballer Kowalczyk brothers (1937-2017), Polish scientists who planted a bomb at the University of Opole in 1971 See also Mount Kowalczyk, a mountain in Antarctica Kowalski Kowal Kovarzik, Kovařík Kovács, Kovač References Polish-language surnames