Prevost

See also: Prévost, prevost, Prevot, Prévot, and prévôt

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French Prévost.

Proper noun

Prevost (plural Prevosts)

  1. A surname from French.
    • 2025 May 9, Eric Bradner, Elizabeth Wolfe, “Pope Leo XIV’s friends say he’ll continue Francis’ legacy in his own image”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Though Prevost spent much of his life outside the United States – particularly in Peru, where he also holds a passport – his selection nonetheless upended the longstanding belief that the church would not add the papacy to the United States’ already enormous global influence.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Prevost is the 7831st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4228 individuals. Prevost is most common among White (75.09%) and Black/African American (18.99%) individuals.

Proper noun

Prevost

  1. Synonym of Old Prevost: A district, a former municipality of Prévost, Rivière-du-Nord county, Quebec, Canada; across the river from Shawbridge in Prévost
    Synonyms: Prévost, Vieux-Prévost, Vieux Prevost, Old Prévost
  2. A municipality of the county of Rivière-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada, composed of Old Prevost and Shawbridge
    Synonyms: (former name) Shawbridge, Prévost

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