Novak is a male name, in Croatia largely Serbian, but also Croatian, Montenegrin and Romany. It is one of the relatively common names (among the top two thousand) in Croatia, with over two hundred namesakes living there.
The relative popularity of names Novak in Croatia
The name Novak was the most popular from years 1922 to 1932. The peak year was 1927.
Prevalence
Name Novak is present mainly in Eastern Croatia, and scarcely in Dalmatia. Most of the persons named Novak live in the following cities and municipalities: Zagreb (about twenty), Rijeka (less than twenty), Osijek (less than ten).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.