Novak - Country Specifics

Country Specifics

There are two noble Nowak lines of Polish origin:

• Bohemian barones from 1660, in Silesia from the 15th century, (Anatol Nowak, archbishop of Wrocław, died in 1456).
• In Masovia known from 1750, Antoni and Józef Nowak—Lt Generals of Polish Army in Napoleon's Campaign; Aleksander Nowak—Lt Gen in Polish-Russian War of 1831

In Poland, it is spelled Nowak. It is the most common surname and 203,506 people carry it. The archaic feminine version of the Polish version is Nowakowa and its plural Nowakowie. In that country, Nowakowski, Nowacki, and Nowakiewicz developed as well.

"Nowak" as a surname in Voivodeships (administrative units in Poland):

• Nowak is 1st in Greater Poland Voivodeship (35,011)
• Nowak is 1st in Silesian Voivodeship (31,838)
• Nowak is 1st in Lesser Poland Voivodeship (23,671)
• Nowak is 1st in Łódź Voivodeship (15,460)
• Nowak is 1st in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (13,217)
• Nowak is 1st in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (7,444)
• Nowak is 1st in Opole Voivodeship (5,538)
• Nowak is 1st in Lubusz Voivodeship (5,444)
• Nowak is 1st in Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship (5,538)
• Nowak is 2nd in Subcarpathian Voivodship (9,301)

In Croatia, Novak is the fifth most common surname (11,396 people).

In Serbia and Montenegro, there are people that have the first name Novak. Novaković and Novakov also developed in Serbia.

Novák is the most common surname in the Czech republic.

Novak is the most common surname in Slovenia, too, with more than 11,000 sharing it. There are however significant variations between regions: it's very common in central Slovenia (in the regions around Ljubljana and Celje), as well as in parts of southern Slovenia and eastern Slovenia (Lower Carniola, Prekmurje). It's much less common in northern and western Slovenia; in the Goriška region on the border with Italy, it is quite rare. The rank of the surname Novak in the Slovenian statistical regions:

• Novak is 1st in the Central Slovenian statistical region (3,422)
• Novak is 1st in the Savinja statistical region (1.380)
• Novak is 2nd in the South-east Slovenian statistical region (1,231)
• Novak is 2nd in the Mura statistical region (1,040)
• Novak is 3rd in the Drava statistical region (1,732)
• Novak is 5th in the Upper Carniolan statistical region (963)
• Novak is 5th in the Lower Sava statistical region (380)
• Novak is 6th in the Coastal-Karst statistical region (228)
• Novak is 8th in the Central Sava statistical region (192)
• Novak is 10th in the Carinthian statistical region (238)
• Novak is 11th in the Inner Carniolan-Karst statistical region (228)
• Novak is 131st in the Goriška statistical region (171)