Cheverton Surname

542,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Cheverton Surname Definition:

. belonging to Cheverton (? where)-? Chever’s Estate or Farm [we may note the Anglo-French name Cheever, q.v.; but Chever- may, e.g., be for an Anglo-Saxon Ceolfrith + Old English tún, estate, &c.]

Cheverton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2981:186,97316,679
United States1351:2,684,881161,220
Australia571:473,60936,415
Wales531:58,3875,284
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2881:84,6378,940
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Cheverton (13) may also be a first name.

Cheverton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

. belonging to Cheverton (? where)-? Chever’s Estate or Farm [we may note the Anglo-French name Cheever, q.v.; but Chever- may, e.g., be for an Anglo-Saxon Ceolfrith + Old English tún, estate, &c.]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Chiverton in Perranzabuloe; from chy-ver-ton, the house on the green lay; or chi-uar-ton, the house upon the hill. Others translate Chivarton, the greon castle on the hill, or a castle with a green field under it, "which latter," says Scawen, "may be well thought on as to the name in Cornish, tho' in the heraldry it had been more complete."

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Chevington; a location name in Northumberland, Worcestershire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Cheverton Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cheverton Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Cheverton has its highest incidence in England. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Cheverton.

How Common Is The Last Name Cheverton? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cheverton is the 542,751st most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,330,873 people. The last name Cheverton is primarily found in Europe, where 61 percent of Cheverton live; 61 percent live in Northern Europe and 61 percent live in British Isles. Cheverton is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used forename on earth It is held by 13 people.

This last name is most numerous in England, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 186,973. In England Cheverton is most frequent in: Isle of Wight, where 19 percent are found, Hampshire, where 12 percent are found and Greater London, where 11 percent are found. Aside from England it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Cheverton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cheverton has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 103 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 964 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cheverton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Cheverton surname are 40.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 87.5% registered with the party.

The amount Cheverton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.02% less than the national average, earning R 109,260 per year; in United States they earn 30.7% more than the national average, earning $56,395 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.13% more than the national average, earning $66,142 CAD per year.

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