Prové Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Prové Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prové Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1171:98,26215,033
France61:11,070,454349,096
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Prove (312) & Provè (1) are calculated separately.

Prové Last Name Facts

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

Prové occurs most in Belgium. It can be found as a variant: Prove or Provè. Click here for further possible spellings of Prové.

How Common Is The Last Name Prové? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,596,935th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Prové reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Prové is most common in Belgium, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 98,262. In Belgium Prové is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 3 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Belgium Prové is found in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 5 percent reside and Finland, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prove93312/
Provè931/
Prouvé9135/
Prouvée832/
Provi8074/
Provy8013/
Provis731,677/
Provei731,148/
Prouve73111/
Prover7398/
Provey7370/
Provet7345/
Provez7333/
Proveh7333/
Provyz7327/
Proviz7321/
Proved739/
Proves738/
Provit735/
Provee732/
Proove732/
Prosvi731/
Proiva731/
Provid731/
Provie731/
Provoj731/
Prouva731/
Proova730/
Prouvez67266/
Provitt67251/
Provest67134/
Prouvee6770/
Prosvet6769/
Prouvay6751/
Provett6743/
Provoid6729/
Provich6726/
Provejs6724/
Proover6716/
Proveed679/
Proveys677/
Provych675/
Provoit673/
Provist671/
Prohvid671/
Proveis671/
Provais671/
Prouver671/
Provehs671/
Provaya671/
Proiver670/
Proviss670/

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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 Prové
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