How common is the surname Provost?

8,742 people in the United States had the surname Provost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,317 Americans. It ranked 4,062nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Provost?

Jon Provost, American actor, followed by Dominique Provost-Chalkley.

Where is the surname Provost most common?

Wikidata records people named Provost in the United States and Canada.

Is the surname Provost getting more or less common?

More common. 8,497 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,742 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Provost

An occupational surname, carried by 8,742 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Provost is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a provost.

Provost is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,742 people named Provost in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,317 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,497.

#4,062

rank among US surnames

8,742

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,840)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,053	Spring	8,757	35,257
#4,054	Winstead	8,756	35,261
#4,055	Mount	8,754	35,269
#4,056	Munn	8,751	35,281
#4,057	Iniguez	8,750	35,285
#4,058	Marquardt	8,749	35,289
#4,059	Szymanski	8,748	35,293

Who is named Provost

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

84% of people named Provost identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Provosts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jon Provost
American actor, born 1950
Dominique Provost-Chalkley
British-Canadian actor (born 1990)

Notable Provosts come mostly from the United States (1) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Provis

Surnames that sound like Provost

Provost has the Soundex code P612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P612.

Questions

How common is the surname Provost?: 8,742 people in the United States had the surname Provost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,317 Americans. It ranked 4,062nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Provost?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Provost identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Provost?: Jon Provost, American actor, followed by Dominique Provost-Chalkley.
Where is the surname Provost most common?: Wikidata records people named Provost in the United States and Canada.
What type of surname is Provost?: Provost is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Provost getting more or less common?: More common. 8,497 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,742 in 2010, up 2.9%.
What are other spellings of Provost?: Provis.