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 more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Provyn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,839,022nd most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Provyn are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 127,740. In Belgium Provyn is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Belgium Provyn is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Ukraine, where 2 percent are found.

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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