Evans (surname)

Evans
Origin
Language(s)Welsh, English
DerivationIvan; Eve; Owain, Evangelos
Meaning"Son of Evan"; life; God is merciful
Region of originWales, Cornwall

Evans is a male name and surname of Welsh, and possibly Cornish, origin.[1][2] Within Wales it is the fifth most common surname and is the tenth most common in England.[3][4] Within the United States, it is ranked as the 48th-most common surname. The male name Evans in Greek is Evangelos.[5]

  1. ^ George Pawley White. A handbook of Cornish surnames
  2. ^ "Cornish surnames E". Freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  3. ^ "Campbell Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
  4. ^ "Diffusion of surname EVANS". Surname Map United Kingdom. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 12, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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