Surname Saturday - Nowak

Hello,

This my version of Saturday's daily blogging theme. This week will be focused on the Nowak surname, which is an extremely common surname in Poland (205,536) and throughout the countries that Polish immigrants settled.

Surname Pronunciation Nowak (Polish) - No v ak - listen to it here: Nowak

Surname Pronunciation Nowak (American) - No wack

Surname Meaning: Nowak -  "new"
(Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)

Roots of Surname: 

Surname	Group	Subgroup	Language
NOWAK	EUROPEAN_OTHER EASTERN	POLISH	POLISH

Public Profiler's World Overview Map of the Nowak Surname:

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Nowak World Map. Retrieved November 21, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx

Top Five Countries: Poland, Germany, Austria, United States, and France.
Top Five Regions:  Wielkopolskie, Poland; Swietokrzyskie, Poland; Malopolskie, Poland; Slaskie, Poland; Lubuskie, Poland
Top Ten Cities: Poznan, Lubelskie, Poland; Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland; Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland;  Lódz, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Sosnowieć, Slaskie, Poland; Wrocław, Lodzkie, Poland; Katowice, Slaskie, Poland; Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Czestochowa, Slaskie, Poland


Public Profiler's Poland Localities Distribution Map of the Nowak Surname:

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Nowak Poland Localities Map. Retrieved November 21, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL

The region or powiat of Aleksandrów in Kujawsko-Pomorskie is the focus of my research for my Nowak ancestry.


Moikrewni's Poland Distribution Map of the Nowak Surname:

Moikrewni. (2009). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska 'Nowak'. Retrieved November 21, 2009, from http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/nowak.html



Public Profiler's North American Distribution Map of the Nowak Surname:

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Nowak North American Regions Map. Retrieved November 21, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=US

Dynastree's USA Distribution Map of the Nowak Surname:

Dynastree. (2009). Map of the "Nowak" surname in the USA. Retrieved November 21, 2009, from http://www.dynastree.com/maps/detail/nowak.html

Top Five States: New York (991), Wisconsin (646), Michigan (534), Illinois (481), and Florida (320).

Nowak Spelling Variations (according to the Surname Suggestion List Program): Nowak, Nowack, Nowacki, Nowick, and Nowik.

I hope this gives some insight on the Nowak surname.

Best Regards,

Al