Provens Surname

887,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Argentina

Provens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Provens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1781:2,036,286130,241
Argentina731:585,52641,795
France391:1,703,147154,208
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Provens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Provens is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Provens? popularity and diffusion

The last name Provens is the 887,624th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Provens live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 2,036,286. In The United States it is most frequent in: Ohio, where 49 percent live, Alabama, where 15 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 24 percent live and France, where 13 percent live.

Provens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Provens has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Provens last name expanded 1,483 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Provens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Provens surname are 27.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.81% being registered to vote for the party.

Provens earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.04% less than the national average, earning $36,658 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Provense9324/
Provensse8810/
Provins86949/
Provans8632/
Provenz8617/
Provence802,599/
Provinse8091/
Prowense808/
Provenze808/
Pravensh806/
Provenche7522/
Prowans7111/
Pravins711/
Previns710/
Province672,752/
Provenceher671/
Pravinsh671/
Pravence670/

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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
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  • 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 Provens
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