Prevosteau Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Prevosteau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prevosteau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1761:377,40256,030
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

The alternate forms: Prévosteau (4) are calculated separately.

Prevosteau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prevosteau is found most in France. It can also appear as a variant: Prévosteau. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prevosteau? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,286,243rd most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Prevosteau reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 377,402. In France Prevosteau is most common in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 34 percent reside, Centre-Val de Loire, where 27 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 26 percent reside. Aside from France it is found in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prévosteau974/
Prevoste893/
Prevost8234,865/
Provoste783,062/
Prevosto78722/
Prevosti78593/
Preuvost7876/
Prevoost7810/
Prevo'st782/
Prevista782/
Prevoust782/
Prevoist781/
Prvost75577/
Prevostti742/
Provost7133,215/
Pruvost7114,445/
Prévost711,010/
Brevost7113/
Prevóst715/
Porvost715/
Pervost714/
Prevast714/
Previst713/
Prevust712/
Prèvost711/
Parvost711/
Privost711/
Provste711/
Pravost711/
Prevest711/
Prevozt711/
Purvost710/
Provoost673,209/
Prouvost671,139/
Pravosud67622/
Pourvost67214/
Parvastu67197/
Pourvostayi67135/
Provosty67123/
Provoast6773/
Pruvoost6752/
Pürevsed6745/
Pravasta6736/
Pravista6719/
Proviste677/
Previsto675/
Prévosto674/
Provasta674/
Profesta673/
Provoust673/
Previsti672/
Provosto672/
Pervosti671/
Parvasta671/
Provosti671/
Paravstu671/
Pourvostaye671/
Parviste671/
Priuvost671/
Privoost671/
Purevsed671/
Prauvost671/
Pravaste671/
Pravoost671/
Proovost671/
Provosst670/

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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
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  • 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 Prevosteau
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