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 1,005
Coal Miner 236
General Labourer 83
Farmer 69
Domestic Servant 61
Dress Maker 57
Living On Own Means 48
Labourer 42
General Servant Domestic 37
Agricultural Labourer 36
Carpenter 36
Living On Her Own Means 35
General Servant 31
Gardener 22
Laundress 22
Farm Servant 22
Blacksmith 21
Farm Labourer 21
Farmers Son 19
Grocer 18
House Keeper 17
Errand Boy 16
Joiner 16
General Domestic Servant 16
Mason 15

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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