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

Provaño has its highest incidence in Peru. It can also appear as: Provano. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Provaño? popularity and diffusion

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

It is most common in Peru, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 5,297,354. In Peru it is most frequent in: Ucayali Region, where 83 percent live and Lima Province, where 17 percent live. Aside from Peru this last name occurs in one country. It is also found 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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