The Provenzano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,712 people carried this name — #8,822 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,663 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,026 people named Provenzano 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
264 people named Provenzano live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 229 people named Provenzano 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 176 people named Provenzano.
Most of them — 121 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Provenzano in American newspapers,
1891–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 797 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Provenzano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bernardo Provenzano 1933–2016 · mobster -
Jim Provenzano 1961– · photographer -
Provenzano DJ 1970– · composer -
Melissa Provenzano 1972– · politician -
Jeff Provenzano 1976– · stunt performer -
Vitaliano Provenzano 1775–1857 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 39 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Provenzano.
- Proto 1,252 · U.S. census
- Proud 1,250 · U.S. census
- Prouhet 111 · U.S. census
- Prout 2,733 · U.S. census
- Provencal 857 · U.S. census
- Provence 913 · U.S. census
- Provin 179 · U.S. census
- Provins 343 · U.S. census
- Provo 1,653 · U.S. census
- Provost 8,742 · U.S. census
- Prudent 408 · U.S. census
- Prudhomme 2,925 · U.S. census
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