The surname Provencher
A French surname, carried by 3,245 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P615
Origin
French origin
From French Provencher.
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,245 people named Provencher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,145 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,157.
Who is named Provencher
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Provencher identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Provencher
Provencher has the Soundex code P615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P615.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Provencher come from?
- From French Provencher.
- How common is the surname Provencher?
- 3,245 people in the United States had the surname Provencher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,145 Americans. It ranked 9,949th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Provencher?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Provencher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Provencher getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,245 in 2010, up 2.8%.