Novak

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Novak (in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene; Cyrillic: Новак) and Novák (in Hungarian, Czech and Slovak; feminine: Nováková) is a surname and masculine given name, derived from the Slavic word for 'new' (e.g. Czech: nový, Serbo-Croatian: nov / нов), which usually translates as 'novice', 'new man', 'newcomer'.

In most languages, the stress is on the first syllable of the word. An exception is Slovene, which places stress on the second syllable instead.

It is the most common surname in the Czech Republic,[1][2] and Slovenia,[3] and the sixth most common in Croatia. It is also found in Romania and Moldova, in the Novac form, and among Ashkenazi Jews in various forms depending on their country of origin.[4]

Spelling

The surname is usually spelled Novak (Cyrillic: Новак) in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene, and Novák in Czech, Slovak and Hungarian. The Polish counterpart is Nowak.

In specific countries

Novák is widespread in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In both countries, the feminine form is Nováková. It is the most common surname in the Czech Republic.[1][2]

Novak is the most common surname in Slovenia with more than 11,000 sharing it.[3] There are however significant variations between regions: it is very common in central Slovenia (in the regions around Ljubljana and Celje), as well as in parts of southern Slovenia and eastern Slovenia (Lower Carniola, Prekmurje). It is much less common in northern and western Slovenia; in the Goriška region on the border with Italy, it is quite rare.

In Croatia, Novak is the sixth most common surname.[5]

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See also

  • All pages with titles containing Novak
  • All pages with titles containing Novakova

References

  1. ^ a b "Mužská příjmení - občané ČR a cizí státní příslušníci - 20 nejčetnějších". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  2. ^ a b "Ženská přijmení - občanky ČR a cizí státní příslušnice - 20 nejčetnějších". Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  3. ^ a b "Database of first names and family names". Demography and Social Studies. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. 1 January 2010. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  4. ^ Laurence Urdang. The Last Word: The English Language: Opinions and Prejudices. OmniData. 2008. p. 228.
  5. ^ "Most frequent surnames, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
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