How common is the surname Evan?

2,021 people in the United States had the surname Evan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,769 Americans. It ranked 14,706th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Evan?

In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Evan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

How do you pronounce Evan?

Evan is /ˈɛ.vən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Evan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,021 in 2010, up 1.1%.

Is Evan also a first name?

Yes. Evan 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 Evan

A Latin surname, carried by 2,021 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɛ.vən/ 2 syllables Soundex E150 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Evan is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

Anglicization of Welsh Ifan, ultimately from Latin Jōhannēs, variant of Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, yokhanán, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Giovanni, Ian, Ivan, Jack, Jean, Johan, Johann, Johannes, John, Sean, Shane, Shaun, and Shawn.

One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,021 people named Evan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,769 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,000.

#14,706

rank among US surnames

2,021

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,855)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,704	Grout	2,022	152,693
#14,706	Westby	2,021	152,769
#14,712	Selig	2,020	152,844
#14,713	Aispuro	2,019	152,920

Who is named Evan

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

56% of people named Evan identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 56%
American Indian and Alaska Native 16%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
Two or more races 2.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Evan

Even

Evan has the Soundex code E150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E150.

Other Latin surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Evan come from?: Anglicization of Welsh Ifan, ultimately from Latin Jōhannēs, variant of Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, yokhanán, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Giovanni, Ian, Ivan, Jack, Jean, Johan, Johann, Johannes, John, Sean, Shane, Shaun, and Shawn.
How common is the surname Evan?: 2,021 people in the United States had the surname Evan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,769 Americans. It ranked 14,706th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Evan?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Evan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
How do you pronounce Evan?: Evan is /ˈɛ.vən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Evan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,021 in 2010, up 1.1%.
Is Evan also a first name?: Yes. Evan 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.