Ma ka mana, ua helu ʻia ʻo Hungary ma ke ʻano he ʻāina kumu o Kuvasz. Mai Asia mai ka ʻīlio kahu hānai a hele mai i Hungary mai laila mai.
ʻO ka inoa Kuvasz mai nā huaʻōlelo Kawash a i ʻole Kawass a ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi mea e like me "pale" a i ʻole "mākua". I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Middle Ages, ʻo ka Kuvasz kahi ʻāpana nui o ka pāʻina hahai holoholona a me ke kahu o nā hale a me nā mahiʻai. I ka wā o ka mōʻī Hungarian ʻo Matthias Corvinus, ua manaʻo nui ʻia ka hoa kiaʻi ʻehā wāwae he ʻīlio kaulana loa i waena o nā aliʻi.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20, ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka hānau ʻana o Kuvasz, a hiki i kona wahi haʻahaʻa loa i ka makahiki 1956: I ka wā o ke kipi ʻana o Hungarian, ua kī ʻia ka nui o nā ʻīlio hānai.
I kēia lā, manaʻo ʻia ʻo Kuvasz he ʻano ʻīlio liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka nui o nā ʻīlio hānau hou o Kuvasz ma Kelemania he 50 mau holoholona i kēlā me kēia makahiki.