Novacek

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from a diminutive of Novak

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈnɑvətʃɛk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Novacek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 3.7K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 39K
  • USUnited States1 in 398K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

2,908 people

Sources
61 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Nováček in CZ Czechia, SK Slovakia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Novacek: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Novacek
  1. Czech Novákor(inferred from the name graph)via Novak
  2. Serbo-CroatianNȍvāk(inferred from the name graph)via Novak

Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.

from a diminutive of Novak.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Novacek counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Novacek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#3742,9081 in 3.7K2.9KNováček61
US United States—8361 in 398K836Novacek56
SK Slovakia—1411 in 39K141Nováček15
GB United Kingdom—≈100 est.≈1 in 648K—Novacek6
CO Colombia—≈55 est.≈1 in 897K—Novacek4
CL Chile—≈31 est.≈1 in 585K—Novacek4

2,908 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Novacek is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Nováček, Novácek, Novaček

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Novácěk, Nováček, Novácek

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Nováček

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Nováček

  • Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Croatia

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Novaček, Nováček

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Nováček

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

196019802000Jay Novacek, b. 1962John Novacek, b. 1964Stephanie Novacek, b. 1970Cristian Novacek, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Novacek,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Novacek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010836#28,525
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020807#30,865
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000753#29,543
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Novacek mean, and where does it come from?
from a diminutive of Novak. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Novacek?
A machine transcription gives /ˈnɑvətʃɛk/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Novacek have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 2.9 thousand people named Novacek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nováček.
Where is Novacek most common?
Novacek is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Novacek?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2,908 people named Novacek, about 1 in 3.7 thousand residents.
How common is Novacek compared with other names?
In Czechia, Novacek is the 374th most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Novacek” — the 374th most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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