The Nowakowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,717 people carried this name — #8,808 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is down 3% from 3,836 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Nowakowski surname
From Nowak + -owski.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nowakowski» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
43,093 people named Nowakowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 48,080 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 Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 314 people named Nowakowski.
87 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
52 people named Nowakowski live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 40 people named Nowakowski 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
103 people named Nowakowski 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).
In print
Nowakowski in American newspapers,
1896–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,938 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nowakowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Nepomucen Nowakowski 1796–1865 · actor -
Józef Nowakowski 1800–1865 · composer -
Tomasz Nowakowski 1803–1890 · jurist -
Franciszek Kandyd Nowakowski 1813–1881 · librarian -
Władysław Andrzej Nowakowski 1823–1904 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 202 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nowakowski.
- Novo 1,091 · 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
- Nowe 134 · U.S. census
- Nowicki 6,056 · U.S. census
- Noye 305 · U.S. census
- Noyer 359 · U.S. census
- Noyes 9,710 · U.S. census
- Nucci 800 · U.S. census
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