Czech surnames
Nováček: what the name means
Nováček means “newcomer”: someone who joined the community after the others.
In January 2017, 5,919 people in Czechia were named Nováček or Nováčková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Třebíč588
- Around Praha494
- Around Brno429
- Around Ostrava236
- Around Náměšť nad Oslavou184
Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.
In America the name was often written without the Czech accents, so family papers may say Novacek.
To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.
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Questions
What does the surname Nováček mean?
Nováček means “newcomer”: someone who joined the community after the others.
How many people are called Nováček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 5,919 people in Czechia were named Nováček or Nováčková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Nováček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Třebíč (588), Praha (494), Brno (429).