# Nova (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/nova/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,928 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,886 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 105,446 people |
| Change since 2000 | +37% (2,131 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nova in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 75% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nova in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Nova

- Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter
- Nikki Nova, American adult model and actress
- Lou Nova, American boxer (1913-1991)

## Similar surnames

Nava, Novoa, Novy, Novo, Neff, Newby, Nave, Nappi, Neve, Nephew, Niehoff, Neave.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.