Nowak surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Nowak surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 18,515 people carried this name — #1,777 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,600 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

176,354 people named Nowak have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 198,125 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

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Where they live today

Greater Poland 32,280
Silesian 26,229
Lesser Poland 22,584
Masovian 14,948
Łódź 12,742
Lower Silesian 11,305
Holy Cross 9,746
Subcarpathian 8,773

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,236 people named Nowak.

665 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 665
Pas-de-Calais 453
Nord 279
Moselle 111
Meurthe-et-Moselle 66
Paris 61
Aisne 47
Yvelines 42
Somme 40

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

625 people named Nowak live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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Where they live today

Zurich 139
Bern 68
Vaud 61
Aargau 46
St. Gallen 38
Lucerne 36
Schwyz 29
Fribourg 27

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 313 people named Nowak live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.

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Where they live today

Antwerp 69
Hainaut 55
Brussels-Capital 53
Liège 42
East Flanders 38
West Flanders 16
Flemish Brabant 15
Limburg 13

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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