Irvin Surname
Approximately 31,462 people bear this surname
Irvin 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.
Read More About This SurnameIrvin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27,818 | 1:13,030 | 1,622 |
| Australia | 1,572 | 1:17,173 | 2,405 |
| England | 812 | 1:68,618 | 7,931 |
| Canada | 455 | 1:80,979 | 9,038 |
| Scotland | 103 | 1:51,979 | 4,440 |
| New Zealand | 91 | 1:49,762 | 8,043 |
| Russia | 79 | 1:1,824,342 | 117,368 |
| India | 53 | 1:14,472,932 | 242,024 |
| South Africa | 43 | 1:1,259,947 | 70,377 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Ireland | 38 | 1:123,919 | 6,102 |
| Panama | 37 | 1:105,737 | 3,952 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Jamaica | 20 | 1:143,497 | 5,007 |
| Mexico | 19 | 1:6,532,958 | 32,927 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Kiribati | 9 | 1:12,601 | 393 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1:59,594 | 2,472 |
| Grenada | 3 | 1:36,178 | 1,426 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 147 | 1:30,135 | 3,045 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 751 | 1:32,457 | 4,312 |
| Scotland | 110 | 1:34,029 | 2,769 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:92,260 | 4,121 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,545 | 1:6,656 | 836 |
Irvin (56,416) may also be a first name.
Irvin 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.
(Celtic) belonging to 1 Irvine (Ayrshire), anciently Earwine, Irewin, Irvin, Orewin (A.D. 1295), Yrewen (12th cent.) [The town is named from the river. Johnston, ‘Place-Names of Scotland’ (2nd ed., p. 167), with apparently the concurrence of the late Dr. A. MacBain, gives without reserve the etymology of Gaelic iar, west + abhuinn ( = Welsh afon), river. This is not convincing as to the first element: the 13th cent. form Orewin noted above rather points to Gaelic (and Irish) odhar (dh as h), dun, brown; the other forms being oblique (see under Mac Guire). This is the etymology given by Joyce (‘Irish Names of Places,’ ii. 287) for the Irish river-names Ire and Nier (n- Ier). But, after all, as the Irvine is in the old Strathclyde region it is questionable whether the name is not merely the O.Wel. (afon) erwyn-er, intens. prefix + (g)wyn—white (river)] 2 Irving or Irvine (Dumfriesshire). The Irvine burn here is East-flowing. W. F. Irvine, F.S.A., says that ‘by far the largest clan of the name were settled round the Dumfriesshire Irvine.’ Gude Sir Allexander Irvine, The much renownit Laird of Drum.— The Battle of Harlaw, 217-8.
There has been some confusion with Irwin (English) = Erwin, q.v.
(Scottish) One who came from Irvine or Irving (green Scotland), the names of several villages in Scotland.
An ancient parish in Dumfriesshire.
Local. From a river and town of the same name in Ayrshire, Scotland.
From Irvine; a location name in Ayr.
Irvin Demographics
Average Irvin Salary in
United States
$39,522 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Irvin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Irvin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Irvin (Georgian: ირვინ, Hindi: इरविन, Marathi: इरवीन, Russian: Ирвин) is found most in The United States. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Irvin? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 17,604th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 231,630 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Irvin are found; 90 percent are found in North America and 90 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Irvin is also the 16,681st most numerous first name on earth It is held by 56,416 people.
The last name Irvin is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 27,818 people, or 1 in 13,030. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 11 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States this surname exists in 86 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 5 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
Irvin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Irvin has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 369 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 108 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 6 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 74 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Irvin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (38%) in Ireland and Orthodox (67%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Irvin surname are 16.6% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.37% registered with the party.
The amount Irvin earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 14.9% less than the national average, earning R 202,224 per year; in United States they earn 8.41% less than the national average, earning $39,522 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.88% more than the national average, earning $52,109 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Irvin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Irvin in the Georgian language | ||
| ირვინ | irvin | - |
| Irvin in the Marathi language | ||
| इरवीन | iravina | - |
| Irvin in the Hindi language | ||
| इरविन | iravina | 57.14 |
| इर्विन | irvina | 21.43 |
| इरवीन | iravina | 7.14 |
| ईरवीन | iravina | 7.14 |
| इर्वीन | irvina | 7.14 |
| Irvin in the Russian language | ||
| Ирвин | irvin | - |
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