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
School 1,007
Coal Miner Hewer 257
Private Means 98
Farmer 88
General Servant (domestic) 68
Dressmaker 66
Farm Labourer 66
Coal Miner (hewer) 55
General Labourer 50
At School 50
Collier Hewer 50
None 38
Labourer 37
At Home 37
Domestic Servant 36
Carpenter 32
Scholar 30
General Servant Domestic 28
Clerk 25
House Keeper 25
School Boy 23
Home 23
Shop Assistant 22
Mason 21
Student 20

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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