Vavasour
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a subvassal; someone holding their lands from a vassal of the crown rather than from the crown directly
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country · latest register: Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register), 2002
Vavasour is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- NZNew Zealand
- AUAustralia
- CACanada
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.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)a subvassal; someone holding their lands from a vassal of the crown rather than from the crown directly
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Vavasour is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from OFr vavas(s)our/vavasseur, Lat vassus vassorum ‘vassal of vassals’; first attested William Vavassur 1166 RBE (Yorkshire)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In enm, vavasour, subvassal
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Anne Vavasourb. 1560GBMistress to English Earl (1560-1650)
- William Joseph Vavasourb. 1822person (1822-1860)
- Sir William Edward Joseph Vavasour, 3rd Bt.b. 1846GBlandowner and British major (1846-1915)
- Oswald Hugh Stanislaus Vavasourb. 1848GBzouave, farmer and livestock farmer (died 1925)
- Henry Dunstan Vavasourb. 1850NZlandowner and farmer (1850-1927)
- Mary Lucy Vavasourb. 1852GBnun and letter correspondent of Guido Gezelle 1852-1888)
- Angela Mary Galdina Vavasourb. 1854GBperson (1854-1930)
- Edward Joseph Everard Vavasourb. 1855GBlandowner, farmer and private secretary (1855-1895)
- Ellen Mary Vavasourb. 1871GBperson (1871-1922)
- Annette Mary Vavasourb. 1872GBperson (1872-1941)
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)4 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 55 | #47,935 |
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 Vavasour mean, and where does it come from?
- a subvassal; someone holding their lands from a vassal of the crown rather than from the crown directly Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Vavasour?
- In the etymology graph, Vavasor is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Vavasour have the most bearers?
- Vavasour is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vavasour”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.