Ervin Surname

15,905th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35,046 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ervin Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Irvine, 'a parish in Ayrshire; (a) 'of Irving,' a parish in Dumfriesshire. That all these variants come of one or two stocks is incontestable. Mr. Robert Bruce Armstrong in his book, The Debateable Land (p.

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Ervin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States32,7871:11,0551,363
Canada5391:68,3597,870
Indonesia4931:268,25424,252
Australia2711:99,61511,276
England1871:297,95822,741
Estonia731:18,1073,073
Argentina641:667,86646,303
Guatemala591:272,5884,297
Hungary501:196,32616,661
Northern Ireland481:38,4383,628
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Philippines371:2,736,168135,784
Italy341:1,798,72686,050
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Russia221:6,551,048261,263
India201:38,353,269431,471
Greece191:583,14770,237
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Albania181:161,89212,234
China151:91,154,7714,767
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Turkey121:6,485,118119,359
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
Austria91:946,15970,786
Israel91:950,84857,975
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
France81:8,302,840321,660
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Nicaragua51:1,204,2185,298
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Netherlands41:4,221,794131,139
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Jamaica41:717,48710,371
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Colombia41:11,943,51826,735
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Belize21:177,7373,502
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland651:68,1525,061
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432
Scotland101:374,32210,959
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,2051:11,9431,544

Ervin (105,881) may also be a first name.

Ervin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Irvine, 'a parish in Ayrshire; (a) 'of Irving,' a parish in Dumfriesshire. That all these variants come of one or two stocks is incontestable. Mr. Robert Bruce Armstrong in his book, The Debateable Land (p. 185), finds the following variations of this border name: Irving, Erwing, Erwyn, Irrwin, Irrwing, Irveyn, Irwynn, and Urwen. The last is a well known form of the surname in Northumberland. This is the only variant without representation in my copy of the London Directory. It is not often that a surname is found with three different initial letters.

Cristofer Urwen, of Boneshawe, Northumberland, 1547: Armstrong's Debateable Land, Appendix.

Cuthbert Urwen, of Robbegate, Northumberland, 1547: ibid.

1752. Married — Thomas Davis and Thomasine Urwin: St. George, Hanover Square.

1759. — Thomas Reading and Isabella Irwing: ibid.

1762. — Joseph Irving and Marcy Scott: ibid.

1763. — Laurence Irvine and Lydia K. Chamberlayne: ibid.

1769. — William Irwin and Mary Dalton: ibid.

1800. — Gardiner Greene and Elizabeth Clarke, witness George Erving: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English, German) Descendant of Erwinne or Eorwine (sea, friend).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

An ancient parish in Dumfriesshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Beautiful, fair.

The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

Welsh, Erwyn, very fair, white. Urfionn, Gaelic, beautiful, fair.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Local. From a river and town of the same name in Ayrshire, Scotland.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Ervin Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ervin Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ervin (Georgian: ერვინ, Hindi: इरविन, Russian: Эрвин) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ervin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 15,905th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 207,942 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Ervin live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America. Ervin is also the 9,679th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 105,881 people.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 32,787 people, or 1 in 11,055. In The United States Ervin is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 11 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and North Carolina, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States it occurs in 94 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.

Ervin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ervin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ervin surname expanded 780 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 435 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Ervin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Ervin surname is predominantly Presbyterian (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Ervin surname are 9.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.74% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ervin earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 16.43% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,200 per year; in South Africa they earn 0.85% more than the national average, earning R 239,664 per year; in United States they earn 10.39% less than the national average, earning $38,667 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.14% more than the national average, earning $49,754 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ervina914,039/
Erving911,888/
Ervine911,606/
Gervin911,198/
Earvin91466/
Hervin91347/
Ervien9175/
Eirvin9162/
Jervin9148/
Ervijn915/
Eurvin913/
Eervin912/
Yervin912/
Ervain911/
Iervin910/
Ervein910/
Ervinn910/
Errvin910/
Ervion910/
Gervain83139/
Ervinck8388/
Jerving8355/
Hervein8337/
Herving8333/
Earving8321/
Hervoin8321/
Gervina8320/
Eirvine836/
Earvine835/
Erveing832/
Hearvin831/
Jervein831/
Jervine831/
Jervion831/
Ierving831/
Eerving831/
Hervien831/
Jervain831/
Gervein831/
Gervion831/
Ervingk831/
D'Ervin831/
Hervinn831/
Eirving830/
Hervain830/
Erveine830/
Gervinn830/
Errvine830/
Irvin8031,462/
Arvin805,127/
Erven802,085/
Orvin80565/
Ervyn8055/
Yrvin8017/
Örvin803/
Jrvin800/
Ervim800/
Ervingue774/
Hervaine771/
Irvine7348,216/
Irving7346,189/
Harvin733,725/
Girvin731,903/
Orvain73792/
Erwine73648/
Gerven73239/
Earven7393/
Irvina7353/
Hervén7349/
Jerven7332/
Airvin7321/
Erbain7318/
Erwinh7316/
Gervén7315/
Hörvin7313/
Ervyna7313/
Örvind738/
Herven737/
Erveen737/
Eirven736/
Erwain736/
Irvint734/
Yrving734/
Arvien733/
Ervent733/
Eruine732/
Irvien732/
Irrvin731/
Irvein731/
Arvain731/
Yrvain731/
Erwein731/
Arvinn731/
Irvinn731/
Horvin731/
Jrvine731/
Oerven731/
Yrvind731/
Eurven731/
Aarvin731/
Erhven731/
Erbein731/
Hervyn731/
Yrvine730/
Jirvin730/
Irvoin730/
Hirvin730/
Iirvin730/
Herbein67328/
Gerboin67200/
Herbain67130/
Herwijn6790/
Herbine6790/
Harvien6747/
Ehrwein6744/
Järving6731/
Hervent6726/
Järvine6723/
Jirving6720/
Ervynck6713/
Ervenne6711/
Erbainh6710/
Hirving679/
Erwaine678/
Härving678/
Oerveen676/
Erwoine672/
Irvaine672/
Jrevine671/
Iirving671/
Earveen671/
Eerveen671/
Yervent671/
D'Irvin671/
Geerven671/
Yerveen671/
Errwein671/
Hervene671/
Irvinne671/
Jervene670/
Hervean670/
Gerveen670/
Earwine670/

Ervin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ervin in the Georgian language
ერვინervin-
Ervin in the Hindi language
इरविनiravina50
इरवीनiravina50
Ervin in the Russian language
Эрвинervin-

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