Researching Stephen Kevan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 255 people with the Kevan surname? In that year Kevan was ranked number 3324 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Stephen means "crown" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Stephen Kevan on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Stephen Kevan and the Kevan Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 381 people with the Kevan surname in the UK? Kevan is now ranked number 3682 for popularity in the UK. |
Kevan Family History Databases
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Kevan Forums
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Stephen Kevan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Stephen Kevan
Stephen Kevan
Stephen Douglas Kevan (born 1954) is an American condensed matter physicist who researches "surface and thin film physics; electronic structure and collective excitations at surfaces; nanoscale spatial and temporal fluctuations in magnetic and other complex materials". He is the current director of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California. He is also a faculty member on leave from the University of Oregon and served as division deputy for science at the ALS prior to his directorship.
Source: Stephen Kevan, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Kevan
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Kabana Kappaun Kappen Kavanagh Kavanaugh Kavaney Kaveney Keaveney Keaveny Keepin Keeven Keppin Kevane Kevin Kiffin Kippen Kippin Kobin Koeppen Kopfen Kopina Koppen Kuban Kubin Kubon Kyffin
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