Nowak

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Nowak, meaning a newcomer to a village.

Proper noun

Nowak (plural Nowaks)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nowak is the 1,902^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18,891 individuals. Nowak is most common among White (96.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nowak”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 681.

Anagrams

• aknow, kowan

German

Alternative forms

• Novak

Etymology

From Czech Novák or Polish Nowak. The meaning newcomer, novice is equivalent to the native surname Neumann

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoːvak/

Proper noun

Nowak m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Nowaks or (with an article) Nowak, feminine genitive Nowak, plural Nowaks)

1. a surname

Polish

Etymology

From nowy (“new”) +‎ -ak, thus meaning a newcomer to the village. Derived in the same way as Czech Novák.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vak/

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• Rhymes: -ɔvak
• Syllabification: No‧wak

Proper noun

Nowak m pers or f

1. a surname; the most popular surname in Poland

Declension

Declension of Nowak

	singular	plural
nominative	Nowak	Nowakowie/Nowaki (deprecative)
genitive	Nowaka	Nowaków
dative	Nowakowi	Nowakom
accusative	Nowaka	Nowaków
instrumental	Nowakiem	Nowakami
locative	Nowaku	Nowakach
vocative	Nowaku	Nowakowie

Feminine form is undeclinable.

Derived terms

nouns

• Nowakowa
• Nowakówna

 

See also

• Appendix:Polish surnames

Further reading

• “+”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Nowak.

Proper noun

Nowak m or f by sense

1. a surname from Polish