34 250
Bearers
2.
Rank
male
Gender
Meaning
A name for a newcomer or new settler in a village.
Origin: from Czech 'nový' (new)
Surname distribution by municipality
Number of bearers by municipality across Czechia (source: MV ČR archive, ~2011). Showing the 30 most frequent of 206 municipalities.
Map 1 · distribution of surname Novák — colour = bearers per 10,000 inhabitants (darker = higher)
| # | Region | Bearers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Středočeský kraj | 5 145 |
| 2 | Hlavní město Praha | 4 375 |
| 3 | Ústecký kraj | 3 092 |
| 4 | Jihomoravský kraj | 2 949 |
| 5 | Jihočeský kraj | 2 861 |
| 6 | Moravskoslezský kraj | 2 573 |
| 7 | Kraj Vysočina | 2 249 |
| 8 | Pardubický kraj | 2 147 |
| 9 | Královéhradecký kraj | 2 003 |
| 10 | Olomoucký kraj | 1 812 |
| 11 | Plzeňský kraj | 1 503 |
| 12 | Liberecký kraj | 1 413 |
| 13 | Zlínský kraj | 1 333 |
| 14 | Karlovarský kraj | 794 |
| Total CZ | 34 250 |
| # | Municipality | Bearers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Praha | 4 375 |
| 2 | Brno | 935 |
| 3 | Ostrava | 780 |
| 4 | Pardubice | 561 |
| 5 | Jihlava | 558 |
| 6 | České Budějovice | 548 |
| 7 | Hradec Králové | 530 |
| 8 | Olomouc | 520 |
| 9 | Ústí nad Labem | 505 |
| 10 | Chrudim | 499 |
| 11 | Plzeň | 473 |
| 12 | Tábor | 469 |
| 13 | Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav | 450 |
| 14 | Liberec | 445 |
| 15 | Černošice | 423 |
| 16 | Kladno | 396 |
| 17 | Mladá Boleslav | 376 |
| 18 | Teplice | 372 |
| 19 | Třebíč | 365 |
| 20 | Kolín | 337 |
| 21 | Znojmo | 337 |
| 22 | Litoměřice | 328 |
| 23 | Prostějov | 328 |
| 24 | Česká Lípa | 297 |
| 25 | Děčín | 288 |
| 26 | Opava | 288 |
| 27 | Pelhřimov | 283 |
| 28 | Jindřichův Hradec | 278 |
| 29 | Most | 278 |
| 30 | Benešov | 264 |
Historical trend by year of birth
Number of living bearers by year of birth (as of 2011, source: MV ČR archive).
The same surname across Europe
Novák CZ· Neumann DE· Newman GB· Nowak PL
All these surnames mean the same thing: new / newcomer. Explore
Source: MV ČR – četnost příjmení (archiv) · Data year: 2011