Novtny Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Novtny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Novtny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Novtny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Novtny is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Novtny? popularity and diffusion

The last name Novtny is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Novtny is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Novtny are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Novtny is most frequent in: New Jersey, where 50 percent live and Oklahoma, where 50 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 20 percent live and Brazil, where 20 percent live.

Novtny Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Novtny has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Novtny
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