In Croatia, Novaček families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area).
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Novaček live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<5) and Supetar on the Island of Brac (<5).
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.