Cognomen Provost (Provost 
, Provos 
, Прово 
) , in the entire world, is a common last name. The cognomen Provost is characteristic of France, where it is quite a common surname, Canada, and Belgium, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in France, the United States, and Canada. Much less frequently, Provost is the forename as well as the last name.
| jan provost painter from the Southern Netherlands (1465–1529), BE (b. 1465) |
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| william provost Belgian merchant (b. 1556) |
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| john provost Native American from Trinidad (b. 1595) |
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| françois provost Governor of Montreal, FR (b. 1638) |
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| david provost American politician, US (b. 1672) |
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| olivier provost du bourion French politician, FR (b. 1733) |
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jean-baptiste françois provost French actor, FR (b. 1798) |
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| jean-louis provost French architect, FR (b. 1781) |
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| étienne provost mountain man, Canadian fur trader, FR (b. 1785) |
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| luke provost (b. 1809) |
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| andrew j. provost American politician, US (b. 1834) |
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| eugène provost French actor, FR (b. 1836) |
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jeanne provost French actress, FR (b. 1887) |
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| théophile-stanislas provost CA (b. 1835) |
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honorius provost archivist, historian and teacher (1909-1997), CA (b. 1909) |
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