How common is the surname Nowack?

1,033 people in the United States had the surname Nowack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nowack?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nowack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Nowack getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, down 8.5%.

The surname Nowack

A surname, carried by 1,033 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nowack is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,033 people named Nowack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. That is down 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,129.

#24,288

rank among US surnames

1,033

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-8.5%

change since 2000 (was #21,553)

Who is named Nowack

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

95% of people named Nowack identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nowack

Nowack has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Questions

How common is the surname Nowack?: 1,033 people in the United States had the surname Nowack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nowack?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nowack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Nowack getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, down 8.5%.