The Evangelista surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,964 people carried this name — #3,967 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,900 people counted. That is up 30% from 6,871 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Evangelista surname
From Spanish Evangélista, from evangélista (“evangelist”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Evangelista» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,710 people named Evangelista 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
208 people named Evangelista live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 190 people named Evangelista.
63 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Corsica.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 34 people named Evangelista 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 Hainaut.
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 print
Evangelista in American newspapers,
1901–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,997 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Evangelista,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dionísio Cerqueira 1847–1910 · politician -
José Evangelista 1943–2023 · composer -
Rosemberg Pinto 1956– · politician -
Edigar Mão Branca 1959– · composer -
Reynaldo Evangelista 1960– · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 60 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Evangelista.
- Ettinger 2,354 · U.S. census
- Eugene 4,205 · U.S. census
- Eury 1,029 · U.S. census
- Eustache 613 · U.S. census
- Eva 704 · U.S. census
- Evan 2,021 · U.S. census
- Evangelisti 119 · U.S. census
- Evans 355,593 · U.S. census
- Evard 224 · U.S. census
- Eve 953 · U.S. census
- Eveillard 214 · U.S. census
- Even 1,966 · U.S. census
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