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The Prevost surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,228 people carried this name — #7,831 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,126 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Prevost surname

From Old French prevost.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Prevost» (English) and «Prévost» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 11,901 people named Prevost.

103 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 103
Seine-Maritime 1,423
Nord 1,400
Paris 1,273
Eure 809
Oise 493
Pas-de-Calais 487
Somme 433
Yvelines 429

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 375 people named Prevost live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 304
Brussels-Capital 19
West Flanders 14
Namur 13
Walloon Brabant 12
East Flanders 7
Luxembourg Province 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

162 people named Prevost live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Graubünden 59
Vaud 34
Geneva 21
Zurich 21
Aargau 8
Bern 7
Glarus 4
Lucerne 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Prevost in American newspapers,
1884–1927.

Newspaper page from Luxemburger Gazette carrying the name Prevost
Luxemburger Gazette 1884-09-02
Newspaper page from The San Antonio Light carrying the name Prevost
The San Antonio Light 1908-01-05
Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Prevost
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1920-01-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 43,052 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Prevost,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henri Mallet-Prevost
    Henri Mallet-Prevost 1727–1811 · naturalist
  • Theodosia Bartow Prevost
    Theodosia Bartow Prevost 1746–1794
  • Pierre Prevost
    Pierre Prevost 1751–1839 · physicist
  • James Charles Prevost
    James Charles Prevost 1810–1891 · naval officer
  • Jean-Louis Prevost
    Jean-Louis Prevost 1838–1927 · neurologist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 111 lives in all are documented under this name.

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