Novk Surname

539,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 596 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Novk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Novk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia4641:22,9173,541
Slovakia941:56,77110,969
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Novk Last Name Facts

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

Novk (Russian: Новк) is held by more people in Czechia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Novk click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Novk? popularity and diffusion

Novk is the 539,451st most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 12,227,426 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Novk are found; 94 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 94 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Czechia, where it is borne by 464 people, or 1 in 22,917. In Czechia Novk is most frequent in: Prague, where 44 percent are found, South Moravian Region, where 15 percent are found and Central Bohemian Region, where 10 percent are found. Not including Czechia this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 16 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noivk891/
Nevk7515/
Novg752/
Nowk752/
Nopk751/
Novkova73362/
Novková733/
Nowke6735/
Noffk6721/
Nobæk6719/
Nowck673/
Nofke673/
Noibk672/
Novct672/
Navke671/
Nobke671/
Nowks671/
Nopke670/

Novk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Novk in the Russian language
Новкnovk-

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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
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  • 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 Novk
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