Provansal Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Provansal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Provansal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1241:535,66773,425
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
England81:6,964,757184,742
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Provansal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Provansal (Russian: Провансаль) is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Provansal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Provansal is the 1,252,959th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name Provansal occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Provansal are found; 68 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 535,667. In France Provansal is mostly concentrated in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 39 percent live, Île-de-France, where 25 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 19 percent live. Barring France Provansal is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live and Russia, where 8 percent live.

Provansal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Provansal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Provansal last name increased 2,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Provansal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Provansal surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Provansal earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 76.12% more than the national average, earning $75,992 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Provansal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Provansal in the Russian language
Провансальprovansal-

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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
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  • 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 Provansal
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