Provest Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 2
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Provest Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Provest family

Profession Census Frequency
Book Seller 2
Rumbers Painter 1
Scholar 1
Coachman Domestic Servant 1
Porter 1
Book Keeper 1
Dressmaker 1
Engine Feeder At A Silk Mill 1
Engine Driver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Provest

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Provest 17
Charles Provest 13
John Provest 12
Mary Provest 12
Elizabeth Provest 11
Sarah Provest 8
William Provest 8
James Provest 7
Catherine Provest 6
George Provest 6
Jane Provest 6
Amy Provest 4
Annie Provest 4
Ethel Provest 4
Louisa Provest 4
Margaret Provest 4
Rose Provest 4
Ann Provest 3
Bertha Provest 3
Clara Provest 3
Emily Provest 3
Emma Provest 3
Hannah Provest 3
Joseph Provest 3
Peter Provest 3

Provest Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Prevost 71% 1,077
2 Provost 86% 444
3 Provest 100% 243

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The surname Provest is the 3rd most popular variant of Prevost.

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