7,571 Evanses were recorded as working in domestic service in the 1901 Census.
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The surname Evans means of Evan - short for son of Evan - and is one of the most popular surnames in Wales. Famous people with the surname Evans include former Radio One DJ Chris Evans, actress Dame Edith Evans and archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, who discovered Minoan remains on the island of Crete in 1851.
The earliest occurrence of the Evans surname in our family history documents is from 1380, and we currently have 5,434,522 records where Evans appears. Here are a few more facts to get you started…
In the early 1900s Evanses were most likely to live in Glamorganshire.
Not all Evanses were law-abiding. We found 5,611 in criminal records.
8,407 Evanses served in the First World War.
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