Last name: PROVOST
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All you have to know about the last name PROVOST
Last name frequency
PROVOST : This last name is indexed 587,950 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
PROVOST : 1: French: northern and western variant of Prévost (see Prevost) and in North America (also) an altered form of this (compare 2 below).2: English: occupational name from Middle English provost provest proust ‘provost steward representative’ (Old English prafost) also used for the head of a religious chapter or educational establishment or since such officials were usually clergy and celibate a nickname for a self-important person.
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- PROUVOST
- PROUVAULT
- PRUVOT
- PROVOT
- PROVOO
- 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
- PREVAT
- PREVOTT
- LE PROVOST
- LE PROVOT
- LEPROVOT
- LEPROVO
- LEPROVAUT
- LEPROVOST
- LEPROVAU
- LEPROVAULT
- LEPROVEAUX
- LEPROVAUX
- LEPROVEAU
- PROVEAU
- PRAVOST
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