Provenza Surname

159,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Provenza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Provenza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1,4711:41,5757,489
United States8101:447,48038,385
Argentina1921:222,62218,311
France661:1,006,405112,047
Spain541:865,77834,484
Brazil531:4,039,138109,837
Uruguay211:163,41713,939
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
England31:18,572,686338,250
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Provenza (23) may also be a first name.

Provenza Last Name Facts

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

The surname Provenza is found most in Italy. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Provenza.

How Common Is The Last Name Provenza? popularity and diffusion

The surname Provenza is the 159,324th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,660,659 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Provenza live; 56 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 54 percent live in Italic Europe. Provenza is also the 2,239,265th most widely held forename worldwide, held by 23 people.

The last name Provenza is most prevalent in Italy, where it is carried by 1,471 people, or 1 in 41,575. In Italy Provenza is mostly found in: Sicily, where 65 percent live, Campania, where 21 percent live and Calabria, where 5 percent live. Beside Italy it is found in 20 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent live and Argentina, where 7 percent live.

Provenza Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Provenza surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Provenza earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 49.68% more than the national average, earning €44,948 per year; in United States they earn 11.36% more than the national average, earning $48,052 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.93% more than the national average, earning $54,615 CAD per year.

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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 Provenza
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