Evers is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England, Netherlands. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Evers
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England, Netherlands
Meaning:

Evers is the 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.

Evers is the variant form of Eaves. A township in Staffordshire.

Evers is a variation of Ivers. Descendant of Iver meaning "archer".

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

Family name Evers is variation 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.

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 Evers?

Evers is common in Germany, United States, Netherlands, England, Belgium, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Brazil, Sweden, Paraguay, France, Ireland, Panama.

Evers is ranked 11421 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Evers bearers increased by 0.12 per cent in 2010 US census to 9300 since 2000, the surname slipped by 292 spots and ranked at 3809. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.3 92.99
Black 3.15 3.74
Hispanic or Latino 2.51 1.46
Others 1.1 0.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.65 0.57
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.4
Evers is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Netherlands is ahead in terms of density. Around 49252 people have been found who wears Evers as their family name. Evers is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Evers:
524 Germany17,869
3,439 United States13,173
80 Netherlands11,639
Countries with thousands of Evers:
6,012 England1,160
1,676 Belgium1,008
Countries with hundreds of Evers:
5,325 Canada858
4,339 Australia822
1,125 Denmark478
21,526 Brazil371
3,097 Sweden254
1,095 Paraguay221
61,236 France158
3,272 Ireland111
2,074 Panama101
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,808 Switzerland93
8,505 New Zealand85
49,962 South Africa78
43,674 Argentina69
31,946 Spain62
6,481 Dominican Republic62
169,912 Thailand61
1,817 Luxembourg55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
22,149 Austria50
25,664 Belarus47
12,225 Finland43
201,756 Russia34
10,908 Scotland26
10,313 Singapore26
29,080 Norway18
789 Aruba18
492,263 India16
15,474 Ecuador14
37,743 Mexico14
95,442 Malaysia12
21,302 Latvia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
9,341 Northern Ireland10
266,777 Ukraine9
1,883 Fiji9
97,842 Czechia7
118,213 Italy7
51,993 United Arab Emirates6
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patrick Evers worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 19 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on January 15, 1849. 17 years old Catherine Evers, 45 years old Mary Evers, 26 years old James Evers, James Evers (25) Workman, Margaret Evers (20) Workwoman, Margaret Evers, aged 40, Carpenter John Evers, 14 years old Emma Evers, and 16 other Evers around 41.18% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and spinster, carver, farmer migrated to US.

From Germany

Johan Evers worked as smith and hailed from Germany. 34 years old embarked for USA from Bremen on Sophie and arrived on November 13, 1852. 46 years old Carl-Ferdinand Evers, 35 years old Heinrich-August Evers, Carpenter Helmouth Evers, J.D.L. Evers, aged 21, Farmer H. Evers, Slater Georg Evers, Elisabeth Evers (19), Laborer Diedrich Evers, and 581 other Evers around 43.28% of whom were farmer while others worked as carpenter and laborer, undefined code, tailor, shoemaker, shepherd, weaver, joiner, daughter, servant, tinman, gardener, spinster, clerk, seaman, miller, brewer, baker, painter, student, tourist migrated to US.

Evers Namesakes

  • Alf Evers, American historian
  • Bill Evers, former bench coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
  • Bram Evers, Dutch athlete
  • Denis Evers, English athlete and World War II aviation hero
  • Reinbert Evers, German classical guitarist
  • Jürgen Evers, retired West German sprinter
  • Charles Evers, American civil rights activist and former politician
  • Medgar Evers, African American civil rights activist
  • Johnny Evers, American professional baseball second baseman and manager
  • Jason Evers, American actor
  • Williamson Evers, American political activist and education researcher
  • Floris Evers, field hockey player from the Netherlands
  • Hoot Evers, outfielder in Major League Baseball
  • Matt Evers, American pair skater, model and TV personality
  • Greg Evers, Republican politician
  • Raphael Evers, Rabbi of Rotterdam
  • Maike Evers, real estate professional in Vancouver, Canada
  • Lisa Evers, American general assignment reporter for FOX 5 News

Evers Namesakes

  • Alf Evers, American historian
  • Bill Evers, former bench coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
  • Bram Evers, Dutch athlete
  • Denis Evers, English athlete and World War II aviation hero
  • Reinbert Evers, German classical guitarist
  • Jürgen Evers, retired West German sprinter
  • Charles Evers, American civil rights activist and former politician
  • Medgar Evers, African American civil rights activist
  • Johnny Evers, American professional baseball second baseman and manager
  • Jason Evers, American actor
  • Williamson Evers, American political activist and education researcher
  • Floris Evers, field hockey player from the Netherlands
  • Hoot Evers, outfielder in Major League Baseball
  • Matt Evers, American pair skater, model and TV personality
  • Greg Evers, Republican politician
  • Raphael Evers, Rabbi of Rotterdam
  • Maike Evers, real estate professional in Vancouver, Canada
  • Lisa Evers, American general assignment reporter for FOX 5 News

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