The nowak Surname
nowak Name Meaning and History
Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname for a newcomer to
a district or someone new to a profession or occupation, from a
derivative of Polish nowy ‘new’. This is an extremely common
Polish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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