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provost Name Meaning and History

  1. English: from Middle English provost ‘provost’, an occupational name 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.
  2. French: northern and western form of Prevost.

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Distribution of provost Families in the US in 1920
Number of provost families
 108-214
 37-107
 1-36
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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