Prevosto Surname

466,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 722 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Monaco

Prevosto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prevosto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2971:223,64634,695
Italy2881:212,35030,058
United States801:4,530,737237,840
Argentina371:1,155,22769,250
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

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

Prevosto Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prevosto is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Prévosto. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prevosto? popularity and diffusion

It is the 466,165th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 10,093,554 people. Prevosto is primarily found in Europe, where 83 percent of Prevosto live; 42 percent live in Western Europe and 42 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 297 people, or 1 in 223,646. In France Prevosto is mostly concentrated in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 41 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 23 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 17 percent are found. Outside of France it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 40 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Prevosto Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Prevosto are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Prevosto earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 20.7% less than the national average, earning €23,814 per year and in United States they earn 25.49% more than the national average, earning $54,146 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prévosto964/
Provosto882/
Prevotto881/
Prevostat82154/
Prevato80186/
Prevotat75395/
Prevatto75120/
Provasto751/
Prevoteau71547/
Prévostat714/
Prevotaux712/
Privato67559/
Prevoteaux67105/
Prévosteau674/
Prebato671/
Prebosteau671/
Privatto6349/
Pravasta6336/
Prawasto6317/
Prévotat6314/
Provasta634/
Prevatta631/
Prevautat5927/
Prévoteau5921/
Praveshta591/
Prévoteaux562/
Privata5314/
Prévôtat501/

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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 Prevosto
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