The Novo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,091 people carried this name — #23,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 20% from 912 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,182 people named Novo 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
169 people named Novo live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Novo.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Territoire de Belfort.
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 the Nordic population registers
23 people named Novo is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Novo,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Novo García d. 1898 · writer -
Adelardo Novo Brocas 1880–1939 · writer -
Osvaldo Novo 1896–1983 · association football player -
Osvaldo Novo 1896–1983 · association football player
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Ferruccio Novo 1897–1974 · businessperson -
Victorino Novo García 1855–1899 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Novo.
- 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
- Novis 209 · U.S. census
- Novoa 4,281 · U.S. census
- Nowack 1,033 · U.S. census
- Nowacki 1,685 · U.S. census
- Nowaczyk 733 · U.S. census
- Nowak 18,891 · U.S. census
- Nowakowski 3,717 · U.S. census
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