Prévostat Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Prévostat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prévostat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France31:22,140,907385,998
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363

The alternate forms: Prevostat (154) are calculated separately.

Prévostat Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prévostat is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Prevostat. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prévostat? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Prévostat reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

It is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France it is most common in: Brittany, where 33 percent live, Grand Est, where 33 percent live and Île-de-France, where 33 percent live. Without taking into account France Prévostat occurs in one country. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prevostat96154/
Prévotat9414/
Prévosteau844/
Prevotat82395/
Prévosto824/
Prévôtat821/
Prévoteau7821/
Prévautat781/
Prévoteaux742/
Prevosto71722/
Prevotto711/
Prevoteau67547/
Prevautat6727/
Prevotaux672/
Privato63559/
Prevato63186/
Prevoteaux63105/
Privata6314/
Prebosteau631/
Prevatto59120/
Privatto5949/
Prevataj593/
Prevatta591/
Prywata50138/
Prebato501/

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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 Prévostat
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