Surname Nowak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Nowak families are Croats (from Opatija ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac and Opatija.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Nowak live in Croatia today, in three households only.
They are located in four Croatian counties, two cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<5), Djurdjevac (<5), Bol on the Island of Brac (<5), and in Visnjan in Porec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nowak (including: Nowack , Nowac , Nowachek and Nowák ) is present in 98 countries worldwide. The family name "Nowak " is used by some 300000 people in Poland , about 40000 in Germany , and some 30000 people in the United States. "Nowack " is used by some 4000 people in Germany , about 1000 in the United States , and some 100 people in Brazil , some 100 people in France. "Nowac " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Poland , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Astrid Nowak, Wolfgang Nowak, Edward Nowak, Jerry Nowak, Maria Nowak, Robert Nowak, Jan Nowak, Joanna Nowak, Jozef Nowak, Jadranko Nowak, Jozefina Nowak, Đurđa Nowak, Dariusz Nowak, Jadranka Nowak, Željko Nowak, Aleksandar Nowak, Željka Nowak, Bianca Nowak, Anđelka Nowak

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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