Bevan Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Bevan Name Meaning: Welsh patronomic of Ifan or Evan, equivalent of John.

The surname Bevan would originally have been ab-Bevan the Welsh prefix 'ab' means 'son of'

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Bevan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bevan family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 399
Agricultural Labourer 100
House Servant 96
At Home 92
Labourer 84
Farm Labourer 56
Collier 54
Dress Maker 51
Servant 46
Coal Miner 33
Pauper 33
General Servant 33
Farm Servant 28
Miner 26
Carpenter 26
Mason 24
Farmers Son 21
Shoe Maker 18
Wife Of Above 18
Farmer 16
Annuitant 14
Farmer's Son 14
House Keeper 14
Blacksmith 14
Labourer Daughter 12

Bevan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bevan 100% 49,714
2 Beavan 83% 8,471
3 Beaven 67% 5,991
4 Beven 80% 2,664
5 Bavin 60% 2,596
6 Bevin 80% 1,310
7 Beavon 67% 921
8 Boven 60% 651
9 Beavin 67% 618
10 Bevon 80% 561
11 Baven 60% 433
12 Bovan 80% 277
13 Bavan 80% 186
14 Bevean 83% 170
15 Bivan 80% 149
16 Biven 60% 140

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The surname Bevan is the most popular version of all its varients

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