Everson Surname

31,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,979 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Everson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Everard.'

Nicholas Everardsonne. Rotuli Normanniae in Turri Londinensi.

Peter Everadsonne, ibid.

Fulco fil. Everard. Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

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Everson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,5111:34,4844,301
England1,7271:32,2634,301
Malawi1,1241:15,2312,380
Australia1,0631:25,3963,457
South Africa9401:57,6367,306
Canada6801:54,1856,457
Wales2991:10,3501,147
New Zealand2031:22,3073,907
Brazil581:3,690,937102,732
Zimbabwe561:275,68328,626
India441:17,433,304271,013
Belarus381:250,02829,656
Russia281:5,147,252226,919
Scotland271:198,29010,618
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
France171:3,907,219231,005
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Cayman Islands141:4,564572
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
China31:455,773,85521,925
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8441:28,8813,899
Wales1321:11,882719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9031:26,3893,243

Everson (38,732) may also be a first name.

Everson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Everard.'

Nicholas Everardsonne. Rotuli Normanniae in Turri Londinensi.

Peter Everadsonne, ibid.

Fulco fil. Everard. Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Perhaps some of our Eversons are from the abbreviated form of Everard, viz. Every.

1667. Married — Mathew Everson and Bridgitt Lasey: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1 Ever’s Son: v. Ever.

2 Every’s Son: v. Every.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of Ever, a pet form of Everard (boar, strong).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From the Old Norse, Evarr; from the Frisian, Eve; from the Swedish ,from the Flemish, Evers; from the Dutch, Eversen; in the Domesday Book, Eve; a personal name.

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

User-submitted Reference

Eversole is a variant of the surname Everson. It originated in northern England in the 14th century, and means 'son of Evot (Everard)'.

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Everson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Everson (Russian: Эверсон) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Everson.

How Common Is The Last Name Everson? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 31,441st most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 429,209 people. Everson is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Everson live; 63 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America. Everson is also the 22,826th most prevalent given name internationally, borne by 38,732 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 10,511 people, or 1 in 34,484. In The United States Everson is mostly concentrated in: Wisconsin, where 11 percent live, Minnesota, where 7 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States Everson exists in 53 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent live and Malawi, where 7 percent live.

Everson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Everson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Everson surname grew 552 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 227 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 1,500 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Everson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Everson surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Everson last name are 7.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.73% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Everson earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 2.3% more than the national average, earning R 243,108 per year; in United States they earn 0.65% less than the national average, earning $42,869 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.04% less than the national average, earning $49,167 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Everson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Everson in the Russian language
Эверсонeverson-

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