The Evers surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,300 people carried this name — #3,809 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (9,289).
What the name means
The meaning of the Evers surname
A surname, Evers, originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Everetts.
From Evert + -s (“patronymic suffix”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Evers» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 514 people named Evers 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 Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 9 births for the Evers name in 1890.
Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 4 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
110 people named Evers live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 79 people named Evers.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 65 people named Evers 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
280 people named Evers are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Evers in American newspapers,
1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Evers,
with a public archive behind them.
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August Evers d. 1817 · writer
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August Evers d. 1924 · sculptor
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Jobst Hermann Evers d. 1711 · amtmann
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Viveca Judith Maria Evers d. 1987
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Frances Jacqueline Evers d. 2012
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Henriette Evers d. 1880
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Evers.
- 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
- Everard 665 · U.S. census
- Evrard 521 · U.S. census
- Exiga 208 · U.S. census
- Exposito 800 · U.S. census
- Ey 413 · U.S. census
- Eyer 1,784 · U.S. census
- Eyermann 124 · U.S. census
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