Nowak
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Polish Nowak, meaning a newcomer to a village.
Proper noun[edit]
Nowak (plural Nowaks)
- A surname from Polish.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nowak is the 1,902nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18,891 individuals. Nowak is most common among White (96.12%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nowak”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 681.
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Czech Novák or Polish Nowak. The meaning newcomer, novice is equivalent to the native surname Neumann
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Nowak m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Nowaks or (with an article) Nowak, feminine genitive Nowak, plural Nowaks)
- a surname
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From nowy (“new”) + -ak, thus meaning a newcomer to the village. Derived in the same way as Czech Novák.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Nowak m pers or f
- a surname; the most popular surname in Poland
Declension[edit]
Declension of Nowak
Feminine form is undeclinable.
Derived terms[edit]
nouns
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- The template Template:R:pl:ISNP does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.“+”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Nowak m or f by sense
- a surname from Polish
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
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- German terms borrowed from Polish
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- German 2-syllable words
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- German nouns with multiple genders
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- German surnames from Polish
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔvak
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- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
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