Provaño Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Provaño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Provaño Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Provano (19) are calculated separately.

Provaño Last Name Facts

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

The surname Provaño is borne by more people in Peru than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Provano. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Provaño? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Provaño occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Provaño are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 86 percent are found in Andean South America.

Provaño is most commonly held in Peru, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 5,297,354. In Peru Provaño is most frequent in: Ucayali Region, where 83 percent live and Lima Province, where 17 percent live. Excluding Peru this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Venezuela, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Provano9519/
Provaños932/
Prohuaño8025/
Provanod8011/
Provana71317/
Prevano7122/
Provena711/
Probano711/
Provanah671,144/
Provagna6727/
Provania671/
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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 Provaño
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