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Yelverton Surname Meaning

English (Devon): habitational name from either of two places called Yelverton in Norfolk or Devon. Medieval examples of the surname are from the Norfolk place but the modern surname in Britain is associated mainly with Devon where the earliest record of the surname is found in 1761 and is probably a substitution for Elford an earlier form of the Devon placename.

The Devon place, a hamlet in Buckland Monachorum, is not officially on record as Yelverton until the 19th century when the Great Western Railway so named the station it built there in 1859. It is a dialect pronunciation of Elverton which is first recorded in 1765 as an extended form of its medieval name Elford + -ton ‘town’.

The Norfolk placename is recorded as Ailuertuna in 1086 and probably derives from the Old English personal name Æthelfrith or Geldfrith + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Yelverton families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Yelverton family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Yelverton families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 14 Yelverton families living in Devon. This was about 33% of all the recorded Yelverton's in United Kingdom. Devon had the highest population of Yelverton families in 1891.
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In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Yelverton. 73% of Yelverton women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    73%
  • Private Means
    28%

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