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The Everard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 665 people carried this name — #34,149 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 654 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Everard surname

An English surname transferred from the given name.

From Old English Eofurheard, Eoferard, from Proto-West Germanic *Eburahardu, from *ebur (“wild boar”) + *hardu (“hard, brave”). Reinforced by cognate names from Anglo-Norman and Middle Dutch.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Everard» (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 193 people named Everard.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Pas-de-Calais 80
Nord 44
Paris 16
Yvelines 8
Calvados 6
Somme 6
Seine-et-Marne 5
Seine-Saint-Denis 5

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 44 people named Everard 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 Walloon Brabant.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Walloon Brabant 18
Brussels-Capital 10
Flemish Brabant 6
Hainaut 5
Namur 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Everard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Everard d. 1445 · politician
  • William Everard d. 1405 · politician
  • Anthony Everard d. 1614 · politician
  • Patrick Everard d. 1821 · Catholic bishop
  • Mathias Everard d. 1857 · military leader
  • Richard Everard d. 1575

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Everard.

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