Surname Novak in modern Croatia

Novak families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec. According to some sources they are from the Island of Hvar, but and Herzegovina (Prolog) and Tolovac in Prozor area, Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 9900 people with faimily name Novak live in Croatia today, in 4100 households. There were 10000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 104 cities and 664 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1720), Cakovec (865), Nedelisce in Cakovec area (300), Varazdin (285), and in Hvar on the Island of Hvar (145).

Outside Croatia

At least 137 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (39), Australia (27), the United States (16), Sweden (13), Austria (13), Switzerland (12), Canada (7), France (4), Argentina (2), the Netherlands (1), Spain (1), Brazil (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Novak (including: Nowak , Novac , Nowack , Novack , Novachuk , Novachok , Novachek , Novakh and Novakk ) is present in 136 countries worldwide. The family name "Novak " is used by some 80000 people in the United States , about 40000 in Czech Republic , and some 30000 people in Ukraine. "Novack " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Brazil , and some 200 people in Canada. "Nowak " is used by some 300000 people in Poland , about 40000 in Germany , and some 30000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Novak, Ivan Novak, Valentin Novak, Rajko Novak, Silvio Novak, Nataša Novak, Ninoslav Novak, Martina Novak, Predrag Novak, Dario Novak, Snježana Novak, Jasminko Novak, Vlado Novak, Davor Novak, Denis Novak, Katarina Novak, Dijana Novak, Zoltan Novak, Stjepan Novak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over three hundred times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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