Evan Forename
6,226th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 168,848 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Anguilla
Evan Forename Definition:
A male name. the Welsh form of John (q.v.).
Evan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 90,971 | 1:3,985 | 624 |
| Indonesia | 95% | 11,742 | 1:21,969 | 3,047 |
| Canada | 100% | 9,978 | 1:3,321 | 601 |
| Australia | - | 5,996 | 1:2,278 | 406 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 5,315 | 1:30,002 | 3,042 |
| Philippines | 79% | 4,870 | 1:21,768 | 2,181 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,673 | 1:9,910 | 1,270 |
| Uganda | 96% | 3,177 | 1:12,892 | 1,198 |
| England | 100% | 2,806 | 1:19,816 | 1,263 |
| South Africa | 95% | 2,781 | 1:19,609 | 2,745 |
| India | 76% | 2,499 | 1:486,146 | 39,401 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,294 | 1:1,349 | 289 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,250 | 1:2,016 | 401 |
| Nigeria | 83% | 1,752 | 1:101,350 | 5,696 |
| China | - | 1,355 | 1:1,008,159 | 34,098 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,010 | 1:2,855 | 580 |
| Thailand | 100% | 960 | 1:72,985 | 6,888 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 930 | 1:22,365 | 2,897 |
| Brazil | 100% | 804 | 1:266,463 | 10,770 |
| Tanzania | 89% | 746 | 1:70,762 | 4,563 |
| Egypt | 71% | 694 | 1:132,422 | 5,546 |
| Denmark | - | 652 | 1:8,665 | 777 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Ghana | 100% | 618 | 1:43,667 | 2,441 |
| Spain | 100% | 509 | 1:91,414 | 2,749 |
| Zambia | - | 476 | 1:33,308 | 2,420 |
| Venezuela | 95% | 446 | 1:67,717 | 3,553 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 407 | 1:41,528 | 3,036 |
| Ireland | 96% | 402 | 1:11,551 | 765 |
| Scotland | 99% | 367 | 1:14,579 | 834 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 362 | 1:84,116 | 6,214 |
| Russia | 98% | 279 | 1:516,967 | 5,591 |
| Malawi | 83% | 275 | 1:62,227 | 3,900 |
| Cameroon | 70% | 271 | 1:79,744 | 4,482 |
| France | 100% | 252 | 1:263,771 | 3,797 |
| Sweden | 77% | 228 | 1:43,236 | 2,373 |
| Belize | 100% | 225 | 1:1,575 | 354 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 216 | 1:48,293 | 3,270 |
| Singapore | 94% | 200 | 1:31,435 | 5,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57% | 199 | 1:40,966 | 4,018 |
| Zimbabwe | 54% | 189 | 1:81,607 | 6,236 |
| Liberia | 63% | 156 | 1:28,282 | 1,774 |
| Germany | 95% | 152 | 1:636,039 | 6,065 |
| Hong Kong | - | 147 | 1:52,740 | 2,536 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 146 | 1:12,624 | 836 |
| Congo | 82% | 141 | 1:35,526 | 2,991 |
| Iraq | - | 140 | 1:250,128 | 3,898 |
| Greece | 100% | 133 | 1:82,215 | 2,398 |
| Guatemala | 92% | 111 | 1:145,121 | 2,618 |
| Mexico | 71% | 104 | 1:1,193,696 | 8,941 |
| Peru | 97% | 104 | 1:305,687 | 6,657 |
| Malta | - | 102 | 1:4,209 | 603 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 101 | 1:235,343 | 19,400 |
| Japan | - | 100 | 1:1,279,861 | 16,578 |
| Israel | 93% | 98 | 1:85,744 | 4,018 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 97 | 1:25,348 | 1,457 |
| DR Congo | 83% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Colombia | 77% | 86 | 1:555,569 | 8,220 |
| Guyana | 100% | 85 | 1:8,980 | 1,400 |
| Namibia | - | 84 | 1:28,621 | 2,281 |
| Qatar | 97% | 82 | 1:28,898 | 3,958 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 77 | 1:7,545 | 814 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Belgium | 100% | 73 | 1:157,398 | 4,346 |
| Barbados | - | 72 | 1:4,025 | 680 |
| Honduras | 100% | 72 | 1:122,465 | 3,602 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 67 | 1:20,320 | 2,397 |
| Panama | 100% | 66 | 1:59,190 | 3,654 |
| Bahamas | - | 61 | 1:6,547 | 958 |
| Costa Rica | 83% | 61 | 1:78,163 | 2,818 |
| South Korea | - | 59 | 1:93,973 | 4,901 |
| Norway | 100% | 54 | 1:95,043 | 3,127 |
| Argentina | 91% | 51 | 1:838,691 | 4,764 |
| Paraguay | 93% | 51 | 1:141,898 | 2,844 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 48 | 1:149,000 | 10,084 |
| Italy | 88% | 44 | 1:1,387,775 | 10,940 |
| Chile | 92% | 39 | 1:451,467 | 5,727 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 35 | 1:992 | 223 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 33 | 1:248,894 | 5,304 |
| Romania | - | 32 | 1:626,624 | 17,326 |
| Bermuda | - | 28 | 1:2,315 | 496 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Brunei | - | 25 | 1:16,783 | 1,060 |
| Ivory Coast | 82% | 25 | 1:923,037 | 28,068 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 23 | 1:1,978,257 | 5,028 |
| El Salvador | - | 22 | 1:288,263 | 3,425 |
| Czechia | 86% | 21 | 1:507,436 | 2,515 |
| Vietnam | - | 20 | 1:4,631,156 | 3,563 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 19 | 1:2,887 | 601 |
| Ecuador | - | 17 | 1:1,042,760 | 8,001 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 16 | 1:828 | 130 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Turkey | 67% | 15 | 1:5,186,781 | 23,029 |
| Finland | 100% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Grenada | 100% | 12 | 1:9,010 | 1,199 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Belarus | 90% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Albania | 100% | 10 | 1:304,657 | 13,389 |
| Kazakhstan | 80% | 10 | 1:1,774,684 | 14,586 |
| Nicaragua | 75% | 10 | 1:601,834 | 9,645 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:3,472 | 705 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Jordan | - | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 8 | 1:162,223 | 3,800 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Syria | - | 6 | 1:3,217,679 | 5,023 |
| Bolivia | - | 5 | 1:2,120,281 | 4,345 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Poland | 87% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Senegal | - | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Evan (16,857) may also be a surname.
Evan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. the Welsh form of John (q.v.).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Like Ewan, is the correct Anglicisation of Celtic Eoghan, which, when it went to Scotland, was translated as Evan and Ewan; the latter is an Anglicisation equally correct with the former (Yonge). Evan, a very pleasant ‘Christian’, has been perpetuated by Meredith in his novel Evan Harrington, 1861.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Welsh (masculine) God’s grace, or God’s gift.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Celtic name, meaning: Young warrior.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Evan Forename Popularity
Evan Demographics
Evan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 26 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Evan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Evan in the Russian language | ||
| Эван | evan | - |
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