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    The surname Evens

    A patronymic surname, carried by 2,587 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E152

    Evens: #12,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Evens #12,055, 2,587 people Evens: #12,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Evens #12,055, 2,587 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Evens is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Evans.

    Evens is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,587 people named Evens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,345 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,535.

    #12,055
    rank among US surnames
    2,587
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,399)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,047Whittier2,589119,253
    #12,048Branscum2,588119,299
    #12,055Evens2,587119,345
    #12,059Vacca2,586119,391
    #12,064Guyette2,585119,437

    Who is named Evens

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

    77% of people named Evens identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    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 Evens

    Evens has the Soundex code E152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E152.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Evens come from?
    Variant of Evans.
    How common is the surname Evens?
    2,587 people in the United States had the surname Evens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,345 Americans. It ranked 12,055th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Evens?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Evens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Evens?
    Evens is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Evens getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,587 in 2010, up 2.1%.