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 nowak. Compare Czech Novák.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vak/

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• Rhymes: -ɔvak
• Syllabification: No‧wak
• Homophone: nowak

Proper noun

Nowak m inan

1. Nowak (a mountain in the Králický Sněžník Mountains and Sudetes, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Nowak

	singular
nominative	Nowak
genitive	Nowaka
dative	Nowakowi
accusative	Nowak
instrumental	Nowakiem
locative	Nowaku
vocative	Nowaku

Proper noun

Nowak m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Nowak

	singular	plural
nominative	Nowak	Nowakowie
genitive	Nowaka	Nowaków
dative	Nowakowi	Nowakom
accusative	Nowaka	Nowaków
instrumental	Nowakiem	Nowakami
locative	Nowaku	Nowakach
vocative	Nowaku	Nowakowie

Proper noun

Nowak f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• Nowak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Nowak”, 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