Nowak

Borrowed from Polish Nowak, meaning a newcomer to a village.

Nowak (plural Nowaks)

1. A surname from Polish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nowak is the 1,902^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18,891 individuals. Nowak is most common among White (96.12%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nowak”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 681.

• aknow, kowan

• Novak

From Czech Novák or Polish Nowak. The meaning newcomer, novice is equivalent to the native surname Neumann

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoːvak/

Nowak m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Nowaks or (with an article) Nowak, feminine genitive Nowak, plural Nowaks)

1. a surname

From nowak. Compare Czech Novák.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vak/

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• Rhymes: -ɔvak
• Syllabification: No‧wak
• Homophone: nowak

Nowak m inan

1. Nowak (a mountain in the Králický Sněžník Mountains and Sudetes, Poland)

Nowak m pers

1. a male surname

Nowak f (indeclinable, traditional married form Nowakowa, traditional unmarried form Nowakówna or Nowaczanka)

1. a female surname

• Nowak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Nowak”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Borrowed from Polish Nowak.

Nowak m or f by sense

1. a surname from Polish