Provius Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Provius Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Provius 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
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Provius (40) may also be a first name.

Provius Last Name Facts

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

The last name Provius is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Provius? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Provius reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 40 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kagera Region, where 80 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 20 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 40 percent are found and Haiti, where 10 percent are found.

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
Previus865/
Probius864/
Pravius861/
Proviou861/
Proveau7127/
Prawius7113/
Prevéus717/
Pröbius712/
Praboju575/
Pröbiuß572/
Praveeu571/
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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 Provius
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