Look up another surname
The nova Surname

nova Name Meaning and History

  1. Asturian-Leonese and Spanish: habitational name from any of the towns called Nova in Albacete or Asturies.
  2. Galician: literally ‘new’, probably a habitational name from a place named Vila Nova.
  3. Italian: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

14–Day Free Trial

Download the Getting Started guide
It's FREE with registration!

nova Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add nova family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of nova Families in the US in 1920
Number of nova families
 8-13
 3-7
 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view nova census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for nova records.
  • You can see how nova families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search nova census records.

Search for nova records

Name

Birth

+/-
e.g. Chicago, Illinois, USA

Death

+/-
e.g. Chicago, Illinois, USA
Give priority to    

More resources for your nova family history

Nova message board


There are no messages in the Nova message board.

Start your FREE family tree. Who will you discover?

A family tree is the easiest way to start discovering your family history. To begin, just enter whatever you know and we'll use that to try and find more information for you.

Begin your family tree with your name:

Learn more about family trees.

The nova name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the nova family name as far back in history as possible.

Member Connections

More Tools and Resources