Irwin Surname

6,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81,407 people bear this surname

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

Irwin 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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Irwin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States48,0811:7,539897
Canada8,2801:4,450622
Australia7,9571:3,393473
England6,9091:8,0651,186
Northern Ireland3,1341:58981
Ireland2,0071:2,346442
New Zealand1,6141:2,806407
Scotland7961:6,7261,047
Bangladesh6311:252,5467,887
South Africa4411:122,85214,516
Wales2061:15,0221,642
Indonesia2011:657,95651,506
Jamaica1651:17,3941,599
Singapore941:58,5932,307
India841:9,131,731182,786
France761:873,983102,402
Thailand691:1,023,744155,957
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Spain431:1,087,25739,071
Philippines381:2,664,164134,326
Zimbabwe381:406,26936,425
Ecuador321:497,05810,858
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Malaysia281:1,053,36546,873
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Venezuela281:1,078,71715,964
Jersey241:4,133843
Sweden151:656,45048,545
China131:105,178,5825,529
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Panama121:326,0227,351
United States Virgin Islands121:9,1981,357
Hong Kong101:733,5483,685
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Afghanistan71:4,593,31223,122
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Norway71:734,61250,907
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Curaçao41:39,312638
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Oman41:921,9937,313
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Dominica21:37,946685
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Turks and Caicos Islands21:17,164627
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norfolk Island11:2,295315
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland4,2591:1,040188
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3391:10,4211,578
Scotland1561:23,9952,225
Wales491:32,0081,749
Jersey71:7,4121,296
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,4581:4,383543

Irwin (32,384) may also be a first name.

Irwin 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

(Celtic) v. Irvin(e, (English) v. Erwin.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A sept of O’Hirwen (Ó hEireamhóin) did exist in Offaly, but nearly all Irwins are of planter stock in Ulster. App infra; MIF 151

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

“Boar-Friend” in Anglo-Saxon (Eoforwine). Com­pare “Eber” - a boar, in German.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English, Scottish) Descendant of Erewine (sea friend); one who came from Irvine (green river), in Ayrshire.

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

An ancient parish in Dumfriesshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Irish form of Irvine. The singular Christian name Crinus, which prevails in the family of I. of Tanragoe, co. Sligo, is traditionally derived from Krynin Abethnas, the second husband of the mother of Duncan, King of Scotland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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

Perhaps contracted from Mac Heremon, ‘Here- mon’s Son.' Heremon was the seventh in descent from Milesius, and became monarch of all Ireland.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

Irwin Last Name Facts

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

Irwin (Hindi: इरविन, Marathi: इरवीन) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Irwin? popularity and diffusion

The last name Irwin is the 6,957th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 89,520 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Irwin reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Irwin is also the 26,263rd most commonly occurring forename in the world, borne by 32,384 people.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 48,081 people, or 1 in 7,539. In The United States Irwin is most prevalent in: California, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and New York, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 101 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 10 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Irwin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Irwin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Irwin last name rose 420 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 295 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 53 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 510 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 420 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Irwin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (36%) in Ireland.

In The United States Irwin are 16.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.37% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Irwin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 50.71% more than the national average, earning 521,576 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 57.41% more than the national average, earning R 374,064 per year; in United States they earn 2.83% more than the national average, earning $44,371 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.26% more than the national average, earning $54,778 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Irwine91103/
Eirwin9132/
Irwwin914/
Oirwin912/
Irwinn912/
Irwein911/
Irwain911/
Irwion911/
Irrwin911/
Hirwin910/
Jirwin910/
Irwoin910/
Irwn892/
Irwingg831/
D'Irwin831/
Hierwin830/
Jirwine830/
Erwin8042,383/
Urwin804,077/
Iruin8059/
Irwen8030/
Irbin8028/
Irwyn807/
Irwim803/
Yrwin801/
Jrwin800/
D'Eirwin771/
Hairwing770/
Erwine73648/
Herwin73487/
Jirbin7336/
Earwin7317/
Erwinh7316/
Erwinn7315/
Hurwin7313/
Erwien7312/
Erwain736/
Iruing736/
Isruin735/
Hirwen734/
Giruin732/
Eurwin732/
Hirbin731/
Erwinc731/
Eirwen731/
Erwein731/
Errwin731/
Eerwin731/
Herwijn6790/
Ehrwein6744/
Erwaine678/
Irvn673/
Urwn673/
Irbn672/
Erwoine672/
Erwn672/
Yrwn671/
Airewen671/
Hirweun671/
Errwein671/
Earwine670/

Irwin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Irwin in the Hindi language
इरविनiravina-
Irwin in the Marathi language
इरवीनiravina77.78
ईरवीनiravina22.22

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Irwin Reference & Research

Irwin One-name Study - A profile of the Irwin surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Irwins, of Ulster Wiki Tree - Tree deals with a specific Irwin family whose paper trail begins in Ulster, Co. Londonderry, with a John Irwin born 1824 and Lavina Forsythe born 1821 who were married abt 1845.

Irwin Clan DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Irwin Clan FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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