Last name: PREVOST
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All you have to know about the last name PREVOST
Last name frequency
PREVOST : This last name is indexed 1,503,161 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
PREVOST : 1: French (Prévost): from Old French prevost ‘provost’ (from Latin praepositus past participle of praeponere ‘to place in charge’) a status name for any of various public officials in a position of responsibility probably also used as a nickname for a self-important person. Compare Provost.2: English: occupational name from Middle English prevost prefest variants of Provost 2 a cognate of 1 above. In most cases however the surname in Britain is of French (Huguenot) origin (see 1 above).
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- PROVOST
- PROUVOST
- PRUVOT
- PROVOT
- PROVO
- PROUVOT
- PROVAUD
- PROVAUT
- PROVOS
- PRUVOTS
- PROVAULT
- PRUVOST
- PREUVOT
- PRÉVOST
- LE PRÉVOST
- PREVOT
- PREVOS
- PREUVOST
- LE PRUVOST
- PREVAUT
- PREVAUD
- PREVAULT
- PRÉVAUX
- LE PREVOT
- PRÉVEAU
- PRÉVEAUT
- PREVAU
- PRESVOST
- PROVOU
- PREVOTT
- LE PROVOST
- LE PROVOT
- LEPROVOT
- LEPROVO
- LEPROVAUT
- LEPROVOST
- LEPROVAU
- LEPROVAULT
- LEPROVEAUX
- LEPROVAUX
- PROVEAU
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