The Bevis surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,584 people carried this name — #12,068 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 113,600 people counted. That is down 3% from 2,675 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bevis surname
An English habitational surname of Norman French origin.
From the French town Beauvais.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bevis» (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 74 people named Bevis.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Bevis in American newspapers,
1902–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,705 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bevis,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Bevis d. 1868 · naval officer
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Patricia Bevis d. 2002
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John Bevis 1693–1771 · astronomer
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Henry Bevis 1842–1936
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Henry Bevis 1865–1925
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Ella R. M. Bevis 1879–
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bevis.
- Beusse 137 · U.S. census
- Beutel 1,041 · U.S. census
- Bevan 4,114 · U.S. census
- Beven 111 · U.S. census
- Bevilacqua 2,667 · U.S. census
- Bevin 116 · U.S. census
- Bex 396 · U.S. census
- Bey 5,453 · U.S. census
- Beye 383 · U.S. census
- Beyeler 247 · U.S. census
- Beyer 18,641 · U.S. census
- Beyl 435 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bevis is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.