Eva is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Eva
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Variant form of Eve. Apparently an obsolete personal name - perhaps the same as Ivo; whence Eveson and Eves. A London perfumer (1852) bears the queer epicene appellation of Adam Eve! In the Hundred Rolls we have Adam, son of Eve-Ad fil' Eve.

The family name is variant form of Eaves. A township in Staffordshire.

The is the form of Evers. The son of Ever, a pet form of Everard meaning "boar, strong".

Surname Eva is a variant of the Ivers. Descendant of Iver meaning "archer".

Lastname is a variant form of Eves. See Eve - Apparently an obsolete personal name - perhaps the same as Ivo; whence Eveson and Eves. A London perfumer (1852) bears the queer epicene appellation of Adam Eve! In the Hundred Rolls we have Adam, son of Eve-Ad fil' Eve.

Eva is a variant of the Evers. This name is found in county of Meath, very early after Strongbow's invasion of Ireland, in the form of De Evere. It is therefore probably of English or Anglo-Norman origin.

How popular is Eva?

Eva is common in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Cameroon, DR Congo, United States, England, Romania, Germany, Brazil, Egypt, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, France, Australia, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Slovakia, Canada, Portugal, Hong Kong, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Mexico, Kenya, Spain, New Zealand, China, Argentina.

Eva is ranked 3922 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Eva bearers increased by 5.07 per cent in 2010 US census to 704 since 2000, the surname slipped by 252 spots and ranked at 32632. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.61 69.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 12.78 13.13
Hispanic or Latino 9.66 8.81
Black 7.39 7.61
Eva is quite popular family name mostly used in India however Bangladesh lie ahead in terms of density. Around 143185 people have been found who wears Eva as their family name. Eva is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Eva:
911 India69,721
285 Bangladesh53,710
Countries with thousands of Eva:
4,767 Indonesia3,182
6,061 Philippines2,597
1,618 Cameroon1,727
6,965 DR Congo1,266
27,889 United States1,196
Countries with hundreds of Eva:
7,109 England934
2,971 Romania865
14,019 Germany707
16,233 Brazil501
13,801 Egypt488
1,823 Papua New Guinea451
14,263 South Africa451
23,468 France439
7,638 Australia424
981 Gabon354
7,799 Ghana346
32,914 Nigeria247
3,537 Slovakia244
16,308 Canada228
2,732 Portugal217
608 Hong Kong211
38,067 Italy201
22,057 Saudi Arabia199
34,956 Morocco170
11,502 Mexico159
20,127 Kenya140
20,305 Spain131
5,995 New Zealand130
771 China107
31,889 Argentina102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,207 Congo70
6,513 Botswana66
3,681 Qatar66
169,912 Thailand61
26,457 Malaysia55
88,880 Ukraine54
1,997 Nicaragua52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
17,470 Hungary47
8,136 Dominican Republic46
41,363 Netherlands44
11,239 Chile42
4,168 Taiwan42
14,475 United Arab Emirates42
2,727 Solomon Islands40
35,739 Belgium37
7,098 Wales36
76,749 Iran34
6,884 Singapore34
48,387 Greece32
23,803 Sweden29
3,117 Angola25
56,175 Uganda25
18,235 Venezuela23
54,411 Czechia20
46,251 Austria18
28,562 Ivory Coast18
13,849 Scotland18
17,235 Latvia17
36,405 Switzerland16
112,031 Poland14
20,681 Liberia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
34,222 Denmark10
3,399 El Salvador9
19,532 Malawi9
26,217 Estonia8
47,258 Norway8
8,962 Panama8
9,127 Paraguay8
38,644 Finland7
53,709 Algeria6
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Adamo Eva was 20 years old when he migrated to Pittsburg on June 18, 1895. He lived in Italy where he worked as laborer and took Alsatia from Marseilles & Naples.

From Germany

Barbara Eva hailed from Romberg, Germany. 6 years old embarked for New York from Rotterdam on Maria Elizabeth and arrived on June 8, 1850. 3 years old Elizab. Eva, Maria Eva, 58 years old Peter Eva, 20 years old Seybold Eva, Maria Eva (18), 23 years old Rudolph Eva, Marie Eva (27), Regina Eva, and 12 other Eva around 62.5% of whom were farmer migrated to US from Rotterdam, Antwerp, London, Bremen and Havre.

Eva Namesakes

  • Mizz Eva, first female rapper in Hong Kong
  • Little Eva, American pop singer

Eva Namesakes

  • Mizz Eva, first female rapper in Hong Kong
  • Little Eva, American pop singer

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