Nowak
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Polish Nowak, meaning a newcomer to a village.
Proper noun edit
Nowak (plural Nowaks)
- A surname from Polish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nowak is the 1,902nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18,891 individuals. Nowak is most common among White (96.12%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nowak”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 681.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Czech Novák or Polish Nowak. The meaning newcomer, novice is equivalent to the native surname Neumann
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Nowak m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Nowaks or (with an article) Nowak, feminine genitive Nowak, plural Nowaks)
- a surname
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From nowy (“new”) + -ak, thus meaning a newcomer to the village. Derived in the same way as Czech Novák.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Nowak m pers or f
- a surname; the most popular surname in Poland
Declension edit
Declension of Nowak
Feminine form is undeclinable.
Derived terms edit
nouns
See also edit
Further reading edit
- The template Template:R:pl:ISNP does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.“+”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Nowak m or f by sense
- a surname from Polish