Since "who is Jewish" follows through the mother, it could have been that a woman married a non-Jew named Evans, or that when someone Jewish enetered England they changed their name so they wouldn't be discriminated against.
Did many Jews take on the name "Evans"? Were Jewish populations of London,Swansea, %26amp; Manchester high?
Sorry, don't know the direct answer to your question, but:
Evan (English), from Iefan, a Welsh form of John, which is from the Hebrew Yochanan.
http://www.behindthename.com/name/evan
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