The Dever surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,549 people carried this name — #6,167 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,347 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 15 births for the Dever name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Connacht. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 700 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The count includes the spelling Devers.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 137 people named Dever live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Dever.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Nord.
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
Dever in American newspapers,
1923–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 58,007 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dever,
with a public archive behind them.
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James Dever 1825–1904 · politician -
John Francis Dever 1853–1919 · politician -
John Francis Dever 1858–1919 · politician
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William Emmett Dever 1862–1929 · judge -
Paul Andrew Dever 1903–1958 · lawyer -
Nicolaus Dever 1752–1830
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dever.
- Devaux 713 · U.S. census
- Devay 100 · U.S. census
- Deveau 1,822 · U.S. census
- Deveaux 1,173 · U.S. census
- Devel 122 · U.S. census
- Deveney 739 · U.S. census
- Devere 617 · U.S. census
- Devers 3,238 · U.S. census
- Devey 459 · U.S. census
- Devic 116 · U.S. census
- Devier 180 · U.S. census
- Deville 3,877 · U.S. census
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