Novakovich Surname

361,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,001 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belarus

Novakovich 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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Novakovich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6631:546,69545,249
Russia911:1,583,770106,512
Belarus781:121,80817,768
Canada511:722,46357,796
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
Kazakhstan181:982,36158,740
Israel161:534,85239,210
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Serbia111:649,54122,440
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
England31:18,572,686338,250
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770

Novakovich 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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Novakovich Last Name Facts

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

The surname Novakovich (Georgian: ნოვაკოვიჩ, Russian: Новакович) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Novakovich? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 361,434th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 7,280,266 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Novakovich are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Novakovich is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 663 people, or 1 in 546,695. In The United States Novakovich is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 14 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Illinois, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 9 percent reside and Belarus, where 8 percent reside.

Novakovich Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

In The United States those holding the Novakovich last name are 1.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.19% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Novakovich earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.34% more than the national average, earning $43,729 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.24% more than the national average, earning $56,758 CAD per year.

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Novakovich Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Novakovich in the Georgian language
ნოვაკოვიჩnovakovich-
Novakovich in the Russian language
Новаковичnovakovic-

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