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Definition: New guy in town, from the root now, meaning new. The Nowak surname was occasionally bestowed on one who converted to Christianity (a new man). The Nowak surname is among the most common in Poland and is also very common in other Slavic countries, especially the Czech Republic (where it is spelled NOVAK).
Surname Origin:
Polish, Czech
Alternate Surname Spellings:
NOVAK, NOWAKI, NOWAKOWO, NOWAKOWSKI
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Polish Genealogy NOWAK Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - NOWAK Genealogy NOWAK Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - NOWAK Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - NOWAK Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - NOWAK Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - NOWAK Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
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A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
