Nowack Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

If your family name is Nowack, its origin lies with Novak, a Polish surname. Read literally, Nowack points to “Newcomer”. Nowack is listed among the recognised spellings of Novak. Other spellings include Novacek.

The 2010 US Census counted 1,033 people named Nowack, ranking it number 24,288 among American surnames. From 1891 to 2000, 269 births in France were registered under Nowack. Nowack sounds close to Nowacka, Nowacki and Nowak, so it can help to search both.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Nowack, so the heraldry linked to Novak is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Nowack family name pack.