Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
NOWAKOWSKI
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| Origin | of Polish origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to internal or external characteristics, circumstances or event |
| Family name referring to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name |
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The name is derived from the Old Polish common noun nowak meaning ‘a person new to a certain environment, a newcomer’ with the suffix -owski and refers to a characteristic feature. It may also be derived from the Polish given name Nowak with the suffix -owski and refer to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name. |