# Provan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/provan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 376 |
| US rank (2010) | 54,752 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 821,132 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.3% (393 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Scottish habitational surname, so called from Middle English provend (“land providing revenue for a holder of religious office”). Compare prebend.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Provan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Provenzano, Provencher, Provencio, Province, Parvin, Pierpont.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.