Provain Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Provain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
Provain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Provain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Provain is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Provain click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Provain? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Provain occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Provain reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,460,101. In France Provain is most common in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 70 percent are found, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 4 percent are found and Brittany, where 4 percent are found. Barring France it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 10 percent are found and Haiti, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Provain
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