Where Does The Last Name Provost Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Provost (Russian: Провост) is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Provost? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 16,716^th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 219,405 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Provost live; 58 percent live in North America and 37 percent live in Anglo-North America. Provost is also the 1,321,957^th most commonly held forename globally It is held by 56 people.

It is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 11,486 people, or 1 in 5,783. In France it is most frequent in: Pays de la Loire, where 22 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 16 percent are found and Brittany, where 15 percent are found. Not including France this last name is found in 70 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Canada, where 26 percent are found.

Provost Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Provost has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Provost last name increased 817 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 193 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Provost Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States Provost are 0.54000000000001% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.77% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Provost earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.52% more than the national average, earning $44,668 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.53% less than the national average, earning $44,452 CAD per year.