Novotny Surname

33,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,994 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Novotny Surname User-submission:

The Novotny surname derived from the Czech surname Novotný, meaning 'one who had but recently arrived in the vicinity', a 'newcomer'.

Novotny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,6221:37,6704,657
Austria2,0081:4,241455
Germany1,1751:68,5158,772
Czechia8361:12,7191,795
Canada3871:95,20810,366
Australia3801:71,0418,403
Hungary2921:33,6173,662
Argentina1681:254,42520,581
Croatia1491:28,3805,853
Brazil1461:1,466,26349,230
Slovakia1311:40,7367,606
England1181:472,18730,747
Switzerland1021:80,5199,217
France781:851,573100,617
Sweden551:179,03212,357
Spain341:1,375,06044,096
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Israel281:305,63026,425
Russia251:5,764,922242,644
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Belarus191:500,05646,922
Denmark181:313,59522,770
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Norway171:302,48730,120
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Liechtenstein91:4,264487
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Ireland51:941,78816,185
China31:455,773,85521,925
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guyana11:762,22114,420
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768

The alternate forms: Novotný (26,210) are calculated separately.

Novotny (19) may also be a first name.

Novotny Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Novotny surname derived from the Czech surname Novotný, meaning 'one who had but recently arrived in the vicinity', a 'newcomer'.

- petr.kurfurst

Novotny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Novotny (Russian: Новотны) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms: Novotný. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Novotny? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 33,198th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 455,642 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Novotny live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America. Novotny is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 19 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 9,622 people, or 1 in 37,670. In The United States it is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 8 percent reside, Ohio, where 7 percent reside and Illinois, where 7 percent reside. Barring The United States Novotny occurs in 64 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 13 percent reside and Germany, where 7 percent reside.

Novotny Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Novotny surname are 18.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.75% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Novotny earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 16.36% less than the national average, earning 289,476 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 34.27% less than the national average, earning R 156,192 per year; in United States they earn 8.7% more than the national average, earning $46,905 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.3% more than the national average, earning $55,792 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Novotný9526,210/
Novotney93763/
Novothny9376/
Novotnyi9375/
Novotnyy9330/
Novottny9320/
Novotniy932/
Novotnaya8834/
Novotná8627,631/
Nowotny866,976/
Novotna86774/
Novotni86738/
Novotne86114/
Novatny8666/
Navotny8613/
Nowottny80177/
Navotnyi8080/
Novatney8058/
Nowotney8026/
Novatnyy8016/
Navotnyy8013/
Novatnyi803/
Navotniy802/
Novotnaj801/
Nowotnyi801/
Novothni801/
Nowothny801/
Nowotnny801/
Navotney800/
Navotnaya7559/
Novotných754/
Novatnaya753/
Nowotna71713/
Nowotni71140/
Novatne7118/
Nawotny7112/
Nowotne7111/
Nowatny7110/
Navotni718/
Nowotná714/
Nowotný711/
Navotna711/
Novatna710/
Novatni710/
Nowottne6711/
Nowottna674/
Nowatney673/
Nawottny671/
Nawotney671/
Navatnyy671/

Novotny Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Novotny in the Russian language
Новотныnovotny-

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