Evans
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 'son of Ieuan'; a Welsh male personal name equivalent to John
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛvənz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Evans is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In the United Kingdom it is the 14th most common surname.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 469(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 682
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 721
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #225 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 615 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 469 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,400,000 people, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
'son of Ieuan'; a Welsh male personal name equivalent to John.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Evans counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,400,000 est. | ≈1 in 973 | — | Evans | 32 |
| US United States | #47 | 355,593 | 1 in 935 | 356K | Evans | 615 |
| GB United Kingdom | #14 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 469 | — | Evans | 372 |
| AU Australia | #30 | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 682 | — | Evans | 289 |
| CA Canada | #44 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 1 | Evans | 289 |
| NZ New Zealand | #28 | ≈6,800 est. | ≈1 in 721 | — | Evans | 170 |
| IE Ireland | #49 | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 861 | — | Evans | 110 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Evans is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Surname meaning 'son of John/Johan/Jans' in the text's explanation.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam
In French, Welsh patronymic form related to Yves/Evan; from the yew tree. Saint Yves, 19 May.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In English, from Evan, the Welsh form of John; first attested John Evens, Evans 1568 SRSf
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, from Evan, with -s patronymic ending; hereditary surname form.
as a nameWelsh Surnames
In English, from Evan; earliest cited 1599 (Meylir leuan, N Pembs)
as a nameWelsh Surnames
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- George Eliotb. 1819GBnot in their usual nameEnglish novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)
- Arthur Evansb. 1851GBBritish archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)
- Maurice Evansb. 1901GBEnglish actor (1901-1989)
- Bill Evansb. 1929USAmerican jazz pianist (1929–1980)
- Robert Evansb. 1930USAmerican film producer (1930–2019)
- Martin Evansb. 1941GBEnglish developmental biologist
- Rhys Ifansb. 1967GBnot in their usual nameWelsh actor
- Cadel Evansb. 1977AUAustralian road bicycle racer
- Chris Evansb. 1981USAmerican actor (born 1981)
- Scott Evansb. 1983USAmerican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 98 sources across 53 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 356K | #53 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 343K | #54 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 342K | #48 |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Evans mean, and where does it come from?
- 'son of Ieuan'; a Welsh male personal name equivalent to John. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Evans?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛvənz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Evans have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 million people named Evans in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled evans.
- How common is the name Evans?
- In the United States, the national register counted 355,593 people named Evans in 2010, about 1 in 935 residents.
- How common is Evans compared with other names?
- In the United Kingdom, Evans is the 14th most common surname of 1,272,424 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/evansThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Evans” — the 14th most common surname in United Kingdom. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.