Prevost Family History
Prevost Name Meaning
French (also Prévost) and English: from Old French
prevost ‘provost’ (from Latin praepositus, past
participle of praeponere ‘to place in charge’), a status name
for any of various officials in a position of responsibility. Prevost
is a Huguenot name in Britain, while Le Prevost is a Guernsey surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Prevost
Name Distribution of Prevost Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Prevost families
 26 - 49  9 - 25 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Prevost families
|
32 - 61 11 - 31 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Prevost census records
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Prevost Family Origin
Prevost Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Prevost
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Prevost Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Prevost census records
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Prevost Civil War Service Records
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