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 673
Agricultural Labourer 125
Coal Miner 95
Labourer 81
Dress Maker 53
Farmer's Son 53
House Servant 49
General Servant 39
Servant 38
Farmer's Wife 32
Farmer 31
Laundress 29
Collier 28
Carter 27
Farmer's Daughter 26
Mason 24
Carpenter 23
Blacksmith 22
House Keeper 21
House Maid 18
Farm Servant 17
Dairy Maid 15
Iron Miner 13
Joiner 12
Labourer's Wife 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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