Prevault Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Prevault Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 255 | 1:260,481 | 40,169 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Prévault (5) are calculated separately.
Prevault Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prevault Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Prevault occurs most in France. It can also be rendered as: Prévault. For other possible spellings of Prevault click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prevault? popularity and diffusion
The surname Prevault is the 990,978th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Prevault are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 255 people, or 1 in 260,481. In France it is most prevalent in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 28 percent live, Île-de-France, where 25 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 16 percent live. Barring France it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.
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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 Prevault
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