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Early Origins of the Evain family

The surname Evain was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Evain family

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Evain Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Evjen, Evain, Evgen, Evhen, Evien, Eveen, Evigne and many more.

Early Notables of the Evain family

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Evain Ranking

In France, the name Evain is the 1,605th most popular surname with an estimated 3,717 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Evain family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: including many of the name who migrated to the New World from the mid 17th century onward.


Contemporary Notables of the name Evain (post 1700) +

  • Louis Auguste Frédéric Evain, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 4) Louis Evain. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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