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The NOWAK surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 18,515 1777 0.007 69
United States (1880 census) 435 10800 0.001 9
Change since 1880 +18080 +9023 +0.006 +60
Other Countries
Australia 550 2941 0.003 34
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for NOWAK by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 2,223 397 0.022 224
Illinois 2,215 480 0.018 178
New York 2,093 773 0.011 110
Wisconsin 2,079 177 0.039 388
Ohio 1,111 1143 0.010 98
Top States for NOWAK by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Wisconsin 2,079 177 0.039 388
Michigan 2,223 397 0.022 224
Illinois 2,215 480 0.018 178
Connecticut 392 993 0.012 115
New York 2,093 773 0.011 110

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called NOWAK live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called NOWAK represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called NOWAK in Michigan than any other state, but you are more likely to find a NOWAK by picking someone at random in Wisconsin than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of NOWAK

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Poland

Language of origin: Polish

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the NOWAK surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of NOWAK in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 244 1.32
Mixed Race 157 0.85
Asian/Pacific 72 0.39
Black/African American 31 0.17
Native American/Alaskan 31 0.17
White (Caucasian) 17,978 97.1

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the NOWAK surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of NOWAK in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of NOWAK.

Similar names to NOWAK

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as NOWAK.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for NOWAK

The following words are slight variants of NOWAK that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.