The Evans surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 342,237 people carried this name — #48 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 788 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 251 people named Evans.
Most of them — 202 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.
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
Evans in American newspapers,
1876–1939.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,063,519 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Evans,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christmas Evans 1766–1838 · Christian minister -
Daniel Evans 1792–1846 · writer -
Daniel Silvan Evans 1818–1903 · poet -
Sir William Evans, 1st Baronet 1821–1892 · politician -
Thomas W. Evans 1823–1897 · dentist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 197 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Evans.
- Eury 857 · U.S. census
- Eustache 411 · U.S. census
- Eva 670 · U.S. census
- Evan 2,000 · U.S. census
- Evangelista 6,871 · U.S. census
- Evangelisti 189 · U.S. census
- Evard 308 · U.S. census
- Eve 783 · U.S. census
- Eveillard 120 · U.S. census
- Even 1,789 · U.S. census
- Everard 654 · U.S. census
- Evers 9,289 · U.S. census
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