Find out how popular the last name Novotney is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Novotney.

Novotney, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Novotney surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Novotney in America

Novotney is the 42858th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Novotney surname appeared 505 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Novotney.

We can also compare 2010 data for Novotney to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Novotney

The surname Novotney has its origins in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, where it was derived from the Czech word "novy," meaning "new." It is likely that the name was originally a descriptive surname given to someone who had recently arrived in a new town or village.

The earliest recorded instances of the name date back to the late 15th century in various historical records from the regions of Bohemia and Moravia, which were part of the Kingdom of Bohemia at the time. Some of the earliest spellings included Novotny, Novotny, and Novotni.

In the 16th century, the name appears in the records of the town of Novy Jicin, located in the present-day Czech Republic. One of the earliest recorded individuals with this surname was Jan Novotny, who was born in Novy Jicin in 1523.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the name began to spread to other parts of Europe as a result of migration and various historical events, such as the Thirty Years' War and the Austro-Prussian War. Notable individuals with the surname include Vaclav Novotny (1888-1992), a Czech playwright and poet, and Antonin Novotny (1904-1975), a Czechoslovak communist politician who served as the President of Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1968.

The name also made its way to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as part of the wave of Czech and Slovak immigration to the country. One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname in the United States was Frank Novotney, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1883.

Other notable individuals with the surname Novotney include Michael Novotney (1932-2014), an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and Joseph Novotney (1889-1967), a Polish-American baseball player who played in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Braves.

Overall, the surname Novotney has a rich history that can be traced back to its origins in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and it has since spread to various parts of the world, carried by individuals from different walks of life.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Novotney

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Novotney.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Novotney was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Novotney has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Novotney was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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