Explore the Family Name Bevel

The meaning of Bevel

English (Devon): of Norman origin, a variant of Bevill.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Bevel in the United States?

The surname Bevel, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, decreased in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked as the 23,191st most popular surname, but by 2010, it had slipped to the 25,572nd spot—a drop of about 10.27%. Additionally, the total count of people with this surname also declined by approximately 6.04% during this decade, from 1,027 to 965. The proportion of people named Bevel per 100,000 people similarly fell by 13.16%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,191	#25,572	-10.27%
Count	1,027	965	-6.04%
Proportion per 100k	0.38	0.33	-13.16%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bevel

Looking at the ethnic identity distribution of the Bevel surname based on the Decennial U.S. Census, there was a visible shift between 2000 and 2010. While the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White (67.38% in 2000 and 62.90% in 2010), there was a decrease of about 6.65%. Meanwhile, the percentage identifying as Black increased by 7.15%, from 28.53% to 30.57%. There was also growth in those claiming multiple races, with an increase of 87.35%, from 1.66% to 3.11%. The share of those who identified as Hispanic saw slight growth, moving from 1.66% to 1.97%, as did American Indian and Alaskan Native identifications, which rose from 0.78% to 0.93%. However, there was no recorded Asian/Pacific Islander representation in 2000, but by 2010, they made up 0.52% of the Bevel surname bearers.

	2000	2010	Change
White	67.38%	62.9%	-6.65%
Black	28.53%	30.57%	7.15%
Two or More Races	1.66%	3.11%	87.35%
Hispanic	1.66%	1.97%	18.67%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.78%	0.93%	19.23%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.52%	0%