Provance Surname

324,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Provance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Provance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1291:321,04429,269
Cuba101:1,152,2726,837
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1021:492,34034,768

Provance (21) may also be a first name.

Provance Last Name Facts

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

The last name Provance is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Provance.

How Common Is The Last Name Provance? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 324,225th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 6,342,512 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Provance are found; 85 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Provance is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 21 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,129 people, or 1 in 321,044. In The United States it is mostly found in: Missouri, where 22 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Ohio, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Cuba, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Provance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Provance has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Provance last name grew 1,107 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Provance Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Provance last name are 11.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.41% registered with the political party.

Provance earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.29% less than the national average, earning $35,690 USD per year.

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Provance Reference & Research

Province FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Province FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Provance
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis