The Novara surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 334 people carried this name — #60,347 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 315 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 564 people named Novara live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 74 people named Novara.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
41 people named Novara live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Novara,
with a public archive behind them.
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Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara 1454–1504 · astronomer
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Francesco Novara 1923–2009 · psychologist
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Francesco Novara 1923–2009 · psychologist
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Libero Novara 1923–1988 · association football player
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Lázaro Juan Novara 1944– · botanist
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Daniele Novara 1957– · pedagogue
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Novara.
- Noullet 153 · U.S. census
- Nour 591 · U.S. census
- Nouri 827 · U.S. census
- Noury 410 · U.S. census
- Nova 2,928 · U.S. census
- Novak 35,461 · U.S. census
- Nove 145 · U.S. census
- Novel 322 · U.S. census
- Novella 558 · U.S. census
- Novelli 1,092 · U.S. census
- Novello 1,750 · U.S. census
- Novi 179 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Novara is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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