The Bevan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,114 people carried this name — #8,045 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,937 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bevan surname
Anglicisation of Welsh ab Ifan.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bevan» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 240 people named Bevan.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Morbihan.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 56 people named Bevan live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Corrientes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Bevan in American newspapers,
1884–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 45,176 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bevan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bridget Bevan 1698–1779 · pedagogue -
Robert Bevan 1809–1890 · banker -
William Latham Bevan 1821–1908 · archdeacon -
Thomas Bevan 1830–1880 · physician -
Thomas Bevan 1836–1913
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 289 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bevan.
- Beuchat 137 · U.S. census
- Beucher 139 · U.S. census
- Beucler 335 · U.S. census
- Beury 198 · U.S. census
- Beusse 137 · U.S. census
- Beutel 1,041 · U.S. census
- Beven 111 · U.S. census
- Bevilacqua 2,667 · U.S. census
- Bevin 116 · U.S. census
- Bevis 2,584 · U.S. census
- Bex 396 · U.S. census
- Bey 5,453 · U.S. census
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