Deverell Surname

206,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,005 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Deverell Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Deverill (Wilts), 13th cent. Deverel = the SLOPE or Nook of the R. Dever [Dever is prob. the O.Wel. dufr, water; the second element is the Old English heal(h]

Deverell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7071:512,67242,946
England5011:111,21411,481
Australia3571:75,6188,847
New Zealand1191:38,0536,460
Ireland1151:40,9473,187
Canada1131:326,06729,799
Wales201:154,72710,755
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
France11:66,422,722504,397
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland411:108,0466,702
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4421:55,1486,567
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States881:570,66738,849

Deverell (85) may also be a first name.

Deverell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Deverill (Wilts), 13th cent. Deverel = the SLOPE or Nook of the R. Dever [Dever is prob. the O.Wel. dufr, water; the second element is the Old English heal(h]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

In most cases the same as Devereux. There are, however, English localities called Deverell and Deverhill in cos. Dorset and Wilts.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Deverill; a location name in Wiltshire.

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

Deverell: for D’Evrolles. Name found in Sussex in 1165. The Deverells became a Wiltshire family.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

The Deverells, who are also represented in Oxfordshire, possess an ancient Bucks name. There was a William de Deverell in the hundred of "Segelawe," in the reign of Henry III. (H. R.); and the Deverells were landed gentry in Swanbourne in the 17th and 18th centuries (Lips.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Deverell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Deverell (Russian: Деверелл) occurs most in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Deverell? popularity and diffusion

The surname Deverell is the 206,654th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,634,686 people. The surname Deverell occurs mostly in The Americas, where 39 percent of Deverell live; 39 percent live in North America and 39 percent live in Anglo-North America. Deverell is also the 1,039,322nd most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 85 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 707 people, or 1 in 512,672. In The United States Deverell is mostly concentrated in: Nevada, where 23 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and Tennessee, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent reside and Australia, where 18 percent reside.

Deverell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Deverell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Deverell last name expanded 803 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 113 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 280 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Deverell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (51%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Deverell surname are 11.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.1% registered with the political party.

The amount Deverell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.6% more than the national average, earning R 405,408 per year; in United States they earn 18.09% more than the national average, earning $50,955 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.8% more than the national average, earning $58,030 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deverrell943/
Deverel9322/
Deverill88733/
Diverell882/
Doverell880/
Deberell880/
Deverl869/
Deveril8038/
Devarel8036/
Devirel803/
Devearl801/
Devorel801/
Devarill751/
Daverill750/
Deweireld7138/
Devarl7129/
Dewoehrel7114/
Dewerl711/
Daverl711/
Devorl710/
Daveril671/
Divarel671/
Deberhl671/
Daaverl671/
Dieberl671/
Devitril6319/
Dehevarl631/
Dawarrell591/
Döberl57217/
Divorl575/
Daiberl5373/
Dimperl5312/
Dawarel533/
Djuirel531/
Dovoril530/
Divirgil5016/
Dimperil501/

Deverell Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Deverell in the Russian language
Девереллdeverell-

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