Novakovic Surname

131,961st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,423 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Novakovic Surname User-submission:

(Serbian, Croatian) Descendant of the novak; i.e., the new, used in the sense of a novice. It derived from the Serbo-Croatian Nȍvāk, which comes from the word novak, meaning 'new, novice', common suffix -(ov)ić, meaning 'son', and Proto-Slavic -iťь, meaning 'little, mini form'.

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Novakovic Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria5991:14,2162,084
United States5691:637,01051,261
Australia4541:59,4627,217
Germany3391:237,47926,122
Canada2941:125,32513,101
France2841:233,88336,253
England2731:204,09517,723
Sweden2071:47,5693,705
Switzerland1311:62,6947,743
Denmark381:148,54513,026
Chile371:476,12112,335
Greece331:335,75147,626
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
Italy231:2,658,98696,069
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Norway131:395,56035,657
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Djibouti41:228,733966
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

The alternate forms: Novaković (31,539) & Novakovič (56) are calculated separately.

Novakovic (15) may also be a first name.

Novakovic Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

(Serbian, Croatian) Descendant of the novak; i.e., the new, used in the sense of a novice. It derived from the Serbo-Croatian Nȍvāk, which comes from the word novak, meaning 'new, novice', common suffix -(ov)ić, meaning 'son', and Proto-Slavic -iťь, meaning 'little, mini form'. Novaković, 'ć' as 'c' or 'ch'.

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This is a surname of Serbian and Croatian origin. It is derived from the possessive Novakov (belonging to Novak/of Novak) and the Serbo-Croatian diminutive suffix -ić, meaning 'son of' or 'child of'.

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Novakovic Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Novakovic Come From? nationality or country of origin

Novakovic is found in Austria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Novaković or Novakovič. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Novakovic? popularity and diffusion

The surname Novakovic is the 131,961st most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,128,994 people. The surname Novakovic is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Novakovic are found; 41 percent are found in Western Europe and 32 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 15 people.

The surname is most common in Austria, where it is borne by 599 people, or 1 in 14,216. In Austria Novakovic is mostly found in: Vienna, where 68 percent are found, Upper Austria, where 12 percent are found and Lower Austria, where 7 percent are found. Beside Austria this last name occurs in 46 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 13 percent are found.

Novakovic Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Novakovic surname are 2.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.68% registered with the political party.

The amount Novakovic earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 40.19% more than the national average, earning 485,173 kr per year; in United States they earn 19.62% more than the national average, earning $51,614 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.39% more than the national average, earning $50,868 CAD per year.

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