Jevons
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jevons is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Palestine. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Staffs, Worcs, and. see Jeavons . Jew in Assize Rolls (Bucks), 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Derbys), 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Somerset).
- PSPalestine
- AEUnited Arab Emirates
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Palestine (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 5 (measured from records)
no count published
Reference-verified
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Staffs, Worcs, and. see Jeavons . Jew in Assize Rolls (Bucks), 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Derbys), 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Somerset). surnames: Tomas filius Golle, 1196 in Pipe Rolls (Yorks); Richard Juwe, 1288 in Ramsey Cartulary (Cambs); John Jowe, 1297 in Earldom of Cornwall Accounts; Richard Jue, 1314 in Feet of Fines (Essex); Robert Julle, 1317 in Assize Rolls (Kent); Robert Julle, 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Sussex); William Jolle, 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Sussex); William Goll, 1421 in York Freemen’s Register; Stephen Jew, 1563 in IGI (Saint Botolph without Aldgate, London); Jacobs Jew, 1617 in IGI (Talland, Cornwall); John Jew, 1633 in IGI (Upton Snodsbury, Worcs). 2 English: nickname from Middle English Jeu ‘Jew’, applied to someone (whether Jewish or not) who was suspected of usury or who drove a hard bargain. In medieval England only Jews could legally lend money for profit, but they were expelled in 1290 and were not officially allowed to return and settle until the late 17th century, well after the main period of English surname creation. Post-1290 bearers of the surname are therefore most unlikely to be Jews, as are bearers with Christian forenames, such as Thomas in the 1275 example.
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jevons counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS Palestine | — | — | Jevons | 1 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | — | Jevons | 5 |
| US United States | — | 100 | — | 1 |
| GY Guyana | — | 2 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Solomon Jevonsb. 1825GBEnglish draper, businessman, and philanthropist (1825-1904)
- William Stanley Jevonsb. 1835GBEnglish economist and logician
- Frank Byron Jevonsb. 1858GBBritish academic
- Herbert Stanley Jevonsb. 1875Professor of economics and political science
- Phil Jevonsb. 1979GBFootballer (born 1979)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 1 country.
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jevons mean?
- Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Staffs, Worcs, and. see Jeavons . Jew in Assize Rolls (Bucks), 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Derbys), 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Somerset).
- In which country does Jevons have the most bearers?
- Jevons is most frequently recorded in Palestine, where it is most often spelled jevons.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jevons”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.