How common is the surname Bevill?

1,720 people in the United States had the surname Bevill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,503 Americans. It ranked 16,652nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bevill?

Tom Bevill, American politician (1921–2005).

Where is the surname Bevill most common?

Wikidata records people named Bevill in the United States.

Is the surname Bevill getting more or less common?

More common. 1,719 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,720 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Bevill

A Norman place surname, carried by 1,720 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bevill is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from the villages of Beuvillers or Bouville, both in Normandy.

Bevill is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,720 people named Bevill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,503 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,719.

#16,652

rank among US surnames

1,720

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,611)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,644	Pinard	1,721	179,399
#16,652	Baudoin	1,720	179,503

Who is named Bevill

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Bevill identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bevills

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Bevill
American politician (1921–2005)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bevil

Surnames that sound like Bevill

Bevill has the Soundex code B140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B140.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bevill come from?: English habitational surname of Norman origin, from the villages of Beuvillers or Bouville, both in Normandy.
How common is the surname Bevill?: 1,720 people in the United States had the surname Bevill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,503 Americans. It ranked 16,652nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bevill?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bevill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bevill?: Tom Bevill, American politician (1921–2005).
Where is the surname Bevill most common?: Wikidata records people named Bevill in the United States.
What type of surname is Bevill?: Bevill is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bevill getting more or less common?: More common. 1,719 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,720 in 2010, up 0.1%.
What are other spellings of Bevill?: Bevil.