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    The surname Novosad

    A surname, carried by 755 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex N123

    Novosad: #30,825 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Novosad #30,825, 755 people Novosad: #30,825 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Novosad #30,825, 755 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Novosad is more common than 81% of them.

    Origin

    Of Slavic origin: * As a Czech and Slovak surname, from Novosad in Slovakia, from nový (“new”) + sad (“plant”). * As a Ukrainian and Belarusian surname, from multiple places called Novosady, identical to the above. Also Americanized from the Jewish adaptation of the above, Novosadski (mainly found in Poland, after the placename Nowosady).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 755 people named Novosad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 408,934 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 682.

    #30,825
    rank among US surnames
    755
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.7%
    change since 2000 (was #31,958)

    Who is named Novosad

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Novosad identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    • Nowosad

    Novosad has the Soundex code N123, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N123.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Novosad come from?
    Of Slavic origin: * As a Czech and Slovak surname, from Novosad in Slovakia, from nový (“new”) + sad (“plant”). * As a Ukrainian and Belarusian surname, from multiple places called Novosady, identical to the above. Also Americanized from the Jewish adaptation of the above, Novosadski (mainly found…
    How common is the surname Novosad?
    755 people in the United States had the surname Novosad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 408,934 Americans. It ranked 30,825th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Novosad?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Novosad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Novosad getting more or less common?
    More common. 682 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 755 in 2010, up 11%.
    What are other spellings of Novosad?
    Nowosad.