Nova Family History

Nova Name Meaning

Asturian-Leonese and Spanish: habitational name from any of the towns called Nova in Albacete or Asturies.Galician: literally ‘new’, probably a habitational name from a place named Vila Nova.Italian: unexplained. IGI: mainly Italian.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Name Distribution of Nova Families

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England & Wales

Scotland

Number of Nova families

2 - 1

from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data

Number of Nova families

2 - 1

from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

Nova census records

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Nova Family Origin

England (3)

Italy (2)

Ireland (2)

Nova Scotia (1)

Bohemia (1)

Germany (1)

from the New York Passengers List

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Nova Emigration Information (US)

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Nova Family Occupations

from 1881 UK Census Data

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Military Service by Nova

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