Nowakowski Surname

7,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75,167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Nowakowski Surname Definition:

(Polish, Russian) One who came from Nowakowo (new), the name of places in Poland and Byelorussia.

Nowakowski Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland65,6321:57917
United States5,2661:68,8308,004
Germany1,8181:44,2825,807
France5981:111,07516,600
Canada4831:76,2858,596
England2941:189,51716,830
Brazil2351:910,95532,619
Australia1791:150,81415,978
Belgium901:127,74018,560
Sweden881:111,8958,035
Argentina631:678,46746,871
Norway591:87,15712,054
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Israel411:208,72320,048
Austria331:258,04330,255
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
Denmark271:209,06416,975
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
Scotland221:243,35512,191
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Hungary161:613,51735,830
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Wales41:773,63329,106
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Palau11:21,643223
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Nowakowski (10) may also be a first name.

Nowakowski Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish, Russian) One who came from Nowakowo (new), the name of places in Poland and Byelorussia.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Nowakowski Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nowakowski (Arabic: نواكوسكي) has its highest incidence in Poland. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nowakowski.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowakowski? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,550th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 96,951 people. Nowakowski occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Nowakowski are found; 87 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 87 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. Nowakowski is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 10 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Poland, where it is carried by 65,632 people, or 1 in 579. Apart from Poland it occurs in 49 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.

Nowakowski Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nowakowski has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nowakowski last name increased 26,330 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nowakowski Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nowakowski surname are 5.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.08% being registered with the party.

The amount Nowakowski earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 35.02% less than the national average, earning 224,883 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 185.14% more than the national average, earning R 677,592 per year; in United States they earn 8.21% more than the national average, earning $46,692 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.84% more than the national average, earning $50,596 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nowakowski Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nowakowski in the Arabic language
نواكوسكيnwakwsky-

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