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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech : nickname derived from a dialect form of couvat ‘to retreat or go backwards’, probably applied to a timid or cowardly person.
  • Variant spelling of German Coufahl, an occupational name from Sorbian kowal ‘blacksmith’. Compare Kufahl.

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