Novaks Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Novaks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Novaks Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia491:41,8386,373
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Novaks Last Name Facts

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

The surname Novaks (Arabic: نوفكس, Russian: Новакс) is most common in Latvia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Novaks? popularity and diffusion

The surname Novaks is the 2,460,878th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Novaks reside; 80 percent reside in Northern Europe and 80 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 41,838. In Latvia it is mostly concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 92 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 4 percent live and Latgale, where 2 percent live. Outside of Latvia this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Novacks921/
Novacs833/
Novaqs831/
Novags831/
Noveks831/
Novackz773/
Novax733/
Naboks672/
Novokshova632/
Nawaksh621/
Nowackz621/
Nabakhsh574/
Nahwooks572/
Novaxova571/
Navax552/
Nowax552/
Novex551/
Navaux50176/
Nevaux5011/
Nabags501/
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Novaks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Novaks in the Russian language
Новаксnovaks-
Novaks in the Arabic language
نوفكسnwfks-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Novaks
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