Find out how popular the last name Evanoff is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Evanoff.

Evanoff, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Evanoff surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Evanoff in America

Evanoff is the 16519th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Evanoff surname appeared 1,739 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Evanoff.

We can also compare 2010 data for Evanoff to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Evanoff

The surname Evanoff has its origins in Russia, tracing back to the early 19th century. It is derived from the Russian patronymic form "Evanov," which means "son of Evan." This name can be further traced to the Greek name "Ioannes," which translates to "John" in English.

Evanoff is a variant spelling of the more common Russian surname Evanov. The addition of the "ff" at the end is likely due to the influence of German or Polish naming conventions in certain regions of Russia. This surname was particularly prevalent in the western regions of Russia, including areas like Smolensk and Pskov.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Evanoff can be found in the Russian Census of 1857, where a family by the name of Evanoff is listed as residing in the village of Borovichi, located in the Novgorod Governorate of Imperial Russia.

Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals who bore the surname Evanoff. One such person was Nikolai Evanoff (1827-1895), a Russian painter known for his landscapes and portraiture. He was born in the town of Torzhok and studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.

Another prominent figure was Yevgeny Evanoff (1868-1942), a Russian military officer who served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. He later emigrated to France after the Bolshevik Revolution and authored several books on military strategy and tactics.

In the field of literature, Maria Evanoff (1892-1976) was a Russian-born American writer and translator. She was born in St. Petersburg and fled Russia during the Russian Revolution, eventually settling in the United States. Evanoff was known for her translations of Russian literary works into English.

Moving to the realm of science, Dmitri Evanoff (1910-1994) was a renowned Russian-American chemist who made significant contributions to the study of polymers and materials science. He was born in Odessa and immigrated to the United States in the 1930s, where he had a long and distinguished academic career.

Lastly, Vladimir Evanoff (1932-2018) was a Russian-born American ballet dancer and choreographer. He trained at the Vaganova School in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) and later defected to the United States in 1958, where he joined the American Ballet Theatre and became a celebrated performer and choreographer.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Evanoff

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Evanoff.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Evanoff was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Evanoff has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Evanoff was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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