How rare is the last name Provost?

8,342 people in the United States have the last name Provost, about 1 in 35,831. It ranks #4,129 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

PROVOST

#4,129

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,342
About
1 in 35,831
This common or more
56.3%
Who bears it

Of the 8,342 people with the last name Provost, 81.6% reported their origin as White, 9.2% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Provost

1 other last name also has 8,342 people.

#4,129 Register · 8,342

Either side of Provost

#4,127 Arguello · 8,345#4,128 You · 8,344#4,129 Register · 8,342#4,131 Merrick · 8,336

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Provost, most common first.

#5,490 Probst · 6,115#7,014 Propst · 4,616#7,620 Prevost · 4,186

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