Provident Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Provident Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Provident Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States841:4,314,987229,510
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080

Provident (31) may also be a first name.

Provident Last Name Facts

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

Provident is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Provident? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,943,350th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Provident are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 31 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 4,314,987. In The United States Provident is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 68 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Ohio, where 8 percent are found. Beside The United States Provident exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 4 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.

Provident Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Provident surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered with the party.

Provident earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.85% less than the national average, earning $28,973 USD 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
  • 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 Provident
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