Provyn Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Provyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Provyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium901:127,74018,560
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Provyn Last Name Facts

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

Provyn is most common in Belgium. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Provyn? popularity and diffusion

The surname Provyn is the 1,839,022nd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Provyn live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 127,740. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent live and Walloon Region, where 3 percent live. Barring Belgium Provyn is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent live and Ukraine, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Provyna922/
Provin832,262/
Proven83344/
Provén8314/
Pravyn8312/
Prosvetyn807/
Provine77773/
Provent77678/
Provina7748/
Protven7748/
Provijn7743/
Protvin7741/
Provain7731/
Provion776/
Provinn774/
Prosvin773/
Proveen772/
Proving771/
Provene771/
Provint771/
Prouven771/
Provenq771/
Provien771/
Probyne770/
Prouvent7112/
Prouvenc7110/
Pravin67293,102/
Praven67692/
Provim6736/
Prosvetin6726/
Prowen6724/
Provinova679/
Pravjn673/
Pravın671/

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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 Provyn
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