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The NOWAKOWSKI surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,836 7991 0.001 14
United States (1880 census) 20 73735 0 0
Change since 1880 +3816 +65744 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 110 13118 0.001 7
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for NOWAKOWSKI by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Illinois 479 2639 0.004 39
Michigan 453 2499 0.005 46
New York 449 4241 0.002 24
Pennsylvania 331 4544 0.003 27
Wisconsin 303 2289 0.006 56
Top States for NOWAKOWSKI by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Wisconsin 303 2289 0.006 56
Connecticut 165 2690 0.005 48
Michigan 453 2499 0.005 46
Illinois 479 2639 0.004 39
Delaware 25 5422 0.003 32

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

Classification and Origin of NOWAKOWSKI

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 NOWAKOWSKI 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 NOWAKOWSKI in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 43 1.12
Mixed Race 37 0.96
Asian/Pacific 16 0.42
Black/African American 12 0.31
Native American/Alaskan 6 0.16
White (Caucasian) 3,722 97.03

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

Meaning of NOWAKOWSKI in historical publications

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

Similar names to NOWAKOWSKI

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as NOWAKOWSKI.

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 NOWAKOWSKI

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