Nović Surname
Approximately 1,293 people bear this surname
Nović Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 630 | 1:5,613 | 1,151 |
| Serbia | 580 | 1:12,319 | 1,467 |
| Croatia | 40 | 1:105,715 | 16,512 |
| Slovenia | 29 | 1:85,782 | 10,816 |
| Kosovo | 12 | 1:155,156 | 6,641 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
The alternate forms: Novic (396) & Novič (48) are calculated separately.
Nović Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nović Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nović is borne by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Novic or Novič. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nović? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 295,000th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,636,153 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nović are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
It is most widely held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 630 people, or 1 in 5,613. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Nović is most frequent in: Republika Srpska, where 97 percent live and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 3 percent live. Outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina Nović occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 45 percent live and Croatia, where 3 percent live.
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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 Nović
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