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Provost Name Meaning
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.French:
northern and western form of Prevost.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Provost
Name Distribution of Provost Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Provost families
 108 - 214  37 - 107 |
 1 - 36  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Provost families
|
12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Provost families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Provost census records
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Provost Family Origin
Provost Immigration Information
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Provost
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your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Provost Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Provost census records
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Provost Civil War Service Records
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