Le Provost Surname

224,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,810 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Le Provost Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Le Provost Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1,7481:37,9994,701
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
England51:11,143,612252,590
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Le Provost Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Le Provost Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Le Provost is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Le Provost.

How Common Is The Last Name Le Provost? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 224,721st most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 4,026,268 people. The surname Le Provost is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Le Provost reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 1,748 people, or 1 in 37,999. In France Le Provost is mostly found in: Brittany, where 45 percent live, Île-de-France, where 28 percent live and Normandy, where 7 percent live. Not including France Le Provost occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in New Caledonia, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Le Provost Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Le Provost has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Le Provost last name expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Le Provot9542/
Le Provos953/
Le Prevost90579/
Le Prévost909/
Le-Provost902/
Le-Provot841/
Le-Prevost803/
Le-Prévost801/
Le-Provo781/
La Prova67346/

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Le Provost Reference & Research

Provost DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Provost FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Le Provost
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