Prouveze Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Prouveze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prouveze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1001:664,22785,408
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

The alternate forms: Prouvèze (3) are calculated separately.

Prouveze Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prouveze is found most in France. It may also appear as a variant: Prouvèze. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prouveze? popularity and diffusion

The last name Prouveze is the 1,746,159th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Prouveze reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most common in France, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 664,227. In France Prouveze is most numerous in: Occitanie, where 37 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 29 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 24 percent reside. Excluding France this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 8 percent reside and Japan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prouvèze963/
Provezi8088/
Proveza8034/
Provece808/
Provaze807/
Provese804/
Provezza7575/
Provezis7525/
Provizer7523/
Proveaza751/
Provetza751/
Provecher712/
Provesi67762/
Provazi67366/
Provesa6772/
Provase6720/
Provose678/
Provazy677/
Probese674/
Provice671/
Praveza671/

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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 Prouveze
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