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The EVELYN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,139 21406 0 4
United States (1880 census) 37 57849 0 1
Change since 1880 +1102 +36443 +N/A +3
Other Countries
Australia 50 25571 0 3
United Kingdom 198 16588 0 4
Top States for EVELYN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 233 7118 0.001 12
Florida 165 9656 0.001 10
California 110 18399 0.000 3
New Jersey 73 11396 0.001 9
Massachusetts 59 11304 0.001 9
Top States for EVELYN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 233 7118 0.001 12
New Hampshire 14 9269 0.001 11
Washington DC 6 7524 0.001 10
Florida 165 9656 0.001 10
Massachusetts 59 11304 0.001 9

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called EVELYN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called EVELYN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called EVELYN in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a EVELYN by picking someone at random in New York than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of EVELYN

Region of origin: Europe

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Ethnic distribution of EVELYN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 594 52.15
White (Caucasian) 401 35.21
White (Hispanic) 77 6.76
Mixed Race 51 4.48
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the EVELYN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of EVELYN in historical publications

(origin: Local) From Evelyn, in the county of Salop, England.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to EVELYN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as EVELYN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for EVELYN

The following words are slight variants of EVELYN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.