Eventon Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Eventon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eventon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales91:343,83718,086
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Eventon (14) may also be a first name.

Eventon Last Name Facts

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

Eventon is most common in Wales. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Eventon? popularity and diffusion

The last name Eventon is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Eventon reside; 85 percent reside in Northern Europe and 85 percent reside in British Isles. Eventon is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 14 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Wales, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 343,837. In Wales Eventon is mostly found in: City and County of Cardiff, where 89 percent are found and Vale of Glamorgan County Borough, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Wales Eventon exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent are found and Brazil, where 8 percent are found.

Eventon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Eventon has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Eventon last name decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heventon930/
Heaventon880/
Oventon868/
Evinton862/
Evanton860/
Haventon806/
Yevinton801/
Ebgenton801/
Giventon800/
Hoventon800/
Evantan71203/
Evintan717/
Avinton716/
Ovinton710/
Hovinton672/
Howenton670/
Awonton577/
Ovantan571/
Ewantan571/
Awhanton538/
Aîwonton531/
Hywanton531/
Jivanthan501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Eventon
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