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    The surname Provan

    An English place surname, carried by 376 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P615

    Provan: #54,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Provan #54,752, 376 people Provan: #54,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Provan #54,752, 376 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Provan is more common than 66.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Provan is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 376 people named Provan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 821,132 Americans. That is down 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 393.

    #54,752
    rank among US surnames
    376
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #50,055)

    Who is named Provan

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Provan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Provan

    Provan has the Soundex code P615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P615.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Provan come from?
    Scottish habitational surname, so called from Middle English provend (“land providing revenue for a holder of religious office”). Compare prebend.
    How common is the surname Provan?
    376 people in the United States had the surname Provan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 821,132 Americans. It ranked 54,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Provan?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Provan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Provan?
    Provan is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Provan getting more or less common?
    Less common. 393 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 376 in 2010, down 4.3%.