The Prevot surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 416 people carried this name — #50,275 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 16% from 360 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,692 people named Prevot.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 385 people named Prevot 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 mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 50 people named Prevot live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Prevot live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
Who carried it
People named Prevot,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nchi Prevot 1960– · badminton player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prevot.
- Pretto 368 · U.S. census
- Preudhomme 195 · U.S. census
- Preuss 2,492 · U.S. census
- Preve 112 · U.S. census
- Preville 293 · U.S. census
- Prevost 4,228 · U.S. census
- Prey 466 · U.S. census
- Preziosi 596 · U.S. census
- Price 235,251 · U.S. census
- Priem 678 · U.S. census
- Prier 744 · U.S. census
- Priest 14,915 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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