How common is the surname Bevis?

2,584 people in the United States had the surname Bevis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,484 Americans. It ranked 12,068th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Bevis?

Bevis is /ˈbivɪs/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bevis getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,584 in 2010, down 3.4%.

Is Bevis also a first name?

Yes. Bevis is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Bevis

A place surname, carried by 2,584 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbivɪs/ 2 syllables Soundex B120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bevis is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

From the French town Beauvais.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,584 people named Bevis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,484 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,675.

#12,068

rank among US surnames

2,584

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-3.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,917)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,059	Vacca	2,586	119,391
#12,064	Guyette	2,585	119,437
#12,068	Maradiaga	2,584	119,484
#12,072	Horrocks	2,583	119,530

Who is named Bevis

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

94% of people named Bevis identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Bevis

Beauvais

Bevis has the Soundex code B120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B120.

Questions

Where does the surname Bevis come from?: From the French town Beauvais.
How common is the surname Bevis?: 2,584 people in the United States had the surname Bevis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,484 Americans. It ranked 12,068th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bevis?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bevis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Bevis?: Bevis is /ˈbivɪs/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Bevis?: Bevis is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bevis getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,584 in 2010, down 3.4%.
Is Bevis also a first name?: Yes. Bevis is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.