Robin Surname

3,361^st

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 166,471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

France

Highest density in:

Dominica

Robin Surname Definition:

Robin Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
France	64,542	1:1,029	35
Bangladesh	59,388	1:2,683	263
United States	8,254	1:43,913	5,377
Papua New Guinea	6,516	1:1,251	43
Philippines	3,011	1:33,623	5,027
India	2,638	1:290,775	16,457
Canada	2,294	1:16,062	2,321
Indonesia	1,632	1:81,035	8,583
Malaysia	1,565	1:18,846	1,797
Nigeria	1,462	1:121,165	7,996
Pakistan	1,384	1:129,078	3,700
Argentina	1,329	1:32,162	2,686
Australia	1,066	1:25,324	3,450
Belgium	1,036	1:11,097	1,619
Saudi Arabia	835	1:36,953	5,288
England	752	1:74,093	8,430
Egypt	641	1:143,426	11,189
Germany	532	1:151,326	18,148
Russia	463	1:311,281	31,616
Sri Lanka	439	1:47,400	5,492
Tanzania	428	1:123,695	11,696
Morocco	409	1:84,294	14,399
Malawi	392	1:43,671	6,239
Chad	385	1:35,304	4,109
New Zealand	370	1:12,239	2,128
Kenya	350	1:131,943	10,850
Dominica	344	1:221	58
Thailand	209	1:337,983	58,555
Switzerland	207	1:39,676	5,644
Gabon	202	1:9,352	1,744
Scotland	194	1:27,597	2,936
Brazil	189	1:1,132,668	39,509
Austria	163	1:52,242	8,220
Vanuatu	157	1:1,677	485
Haiti	154	1:69,376	3,807
Singapore	154	1:35,764	1,284
Zimbabwe	148	1:104,312	14,575
Slovenia	145	1:17,156	3,987
Guyana	123	1:6,197	1,065
Iran	118	1:650,699	35,122
Ecuador	117	1:135,947	6,859
Japan	105	1:1,217,565	22,109
South Africa	97	1:558,533	43,702
Spain	94	1:497,362	25,035
French Polynesia	92	1:3,052	652
Bahrain	88	1:15,325	3,085
Dominican Republic	85	1:122,740	5,063
Sweden	73	1:134,887	9,541
Chile	67	1:262,932	7,829
Netherlands	61	1:276,839	34,217
Kuwait	48	1:79,181	9,331
Paraguay	48	1:150,766	3,103
New Caledonia	42	1:6,577	1,478
Colombia	41	1:1,165,221	9,805
Romania	38	1:528,365	39,789
Myanmar	36	1:1,442,722	585
Belarus	33	1:287,911	32,667
Solomon Islands	33	1:17,577	3,381
China	30	1:45,577,386	2,472
Guernsey	29	1:2,222	539
Italy	28	1:2,184,167	91,195
Portugal	28	1:372,080	12,265
Mexico	24	1:5,171,925	29,601
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20	1:5,633	640
Trinidad and Tobago	20	1:68,199	5,276
Northern Ireland	19	1:97,107	6,126
Madagascar	16	1:1,478,115	2,908
Hungary	15	1:654,418	37,235
Kazakhstan	15	1:1,178,833	65,606
Ireland	14	1:336,353	12,021
Monaco	14	1:2,648	179
Saint Kitts and Nevis	14	1:3,943	476
Uganda	14	1:2,788,520	78,087
Hong Kong	13	1:564,268	3,428
Nicaragua	13	1:463,161	3,580
Estonia	12	1:110,150	19,471
Oman	10	1:368,797	5,193
United Arab Emirates	10	1:916,227	36,116
United States Virgin Islands	10	1:11,038	1,555
Antigua and Barbuda	9	1:11,019	1,084
Denmark	9	1:627,191	36,734
Ghana	9	1:3,002,299	11,581
Liberia	9	1:489,837	23,279
South Korea	9	1:5,693,362	993
Sudan	9	1:4,167,799	5,799
Wales	9	1:343,837	18,086
Iceland	8	1:47,511	3,734
Jersey	8	1:12,400	2,398
Mauritius	8	1:161,677	8,227
Norway	8	1:642,786	47,258
Venezuela	8	1:3,775,510	36,567
Afghanistan	7	1:4,593,312	23,122
Anguilla	7	1:1,919	182
Poland	7	1:5,429,821	146,768
Transnistria	7	1:67,814	9,165
British Virgin Islands	6	1:5,266	561
Congo	6	1:831,516	16,072
Czechia	6	1:1,772,245	105,647
Jordan	6	1:1,473,740	19,539
Lebanon	6	1:939,514	16,645
Qatar	6	1:393,000	55,922
Israel	5	1:1,711,527	84,568
Taiwan	5	1:4,688,949	27,695
Botswana	4	1:546,732	22,624
Guatemala	4	1:4,020,667	7,726
Sierra Leone	4	1:1,772,408	958
Togo	4	1:1,811,942	8,122
Turkey	4	1:19,455,356	155,681
Turkmenistan	4	1:1,372,278	6,164
Uruguay	4	1:857,940	31,713
Uzbekistan	4	1:7,732,286	43,643
Cameroon	3	1:6,923,023	143,724
Croatia	3	1:1,409,535	70,997
Finland	3	1:1,832,234	57,803
Greece	3	1:3,693,263	126,191
Jamaica	3	1:956,649	10,513
Peru	3	1:10,594,708	45,902
Slovakia	3	1:1,778,817	104,392
Vietnam	3	1:30,882,018	4,101
Algeria	2	1:19,315,776	97,017
Benin	2	1:5,167,801	84,334
Cuba	2	1:5,761,358	13,825
El Salvador	2	1:3,171,944	6,376
Latvia	2	1:1,025,023	41,546
Montenegro	2	1:319,782	7,691
Northern Cyprus	2	1:159,506	9,062
Panama	2	1:1,956,129	15,285
Barbados	1	1:287,448	2,772
Bermuda	1	1:65,279	3,010
Bolivia	1	1:10,616,434	17,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1:3,536,402	19,532
Brunei	1	1:418,731	3,893
Burkina Faso	1	1:18,352,100	30,051
Burundi	1	1:9,804,852	2,349
Cambodia	1	1:15,487,146	14,824
Curaçao	1	1:157,247	1,313
Cyprus	1	1:884,876	13,055
DR Congo	1	1:73,879,570	260,543
Ethiopia	1	1:97,546,262	29,669
Fiji	1	1:894,391	4,568
Gambia	1	1:1,923,451	1,043
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Guinea	1	1:11,833,817	3,268
Honduras	1	1:8,816,442	9,272
Laos	1	1:6,588,323	1,961
Libya	1	1:6,243,974	6,186
Luxembourg	1	1:580,542	15,155
North Macedonia	1	1:2,101,472	31,546
Maldives	1	1:404,172	7,269
Mali	1	1:16,969,035	4,067
Malta	1	1:430,272	3,380
Moldova	1	1:3,561,368	78,271
Namibia	1	1:2,409,401	19,676
Nepal	1	1:28,480,956	22,413
Rwanda	1	1:11,364,978	5,947
Saint Barthelemy	1	1:9,614	134
Saint Lucia	1	1:178,781	3,800
Saint Martin	1	1:35,156	229
Senegal	1	1:14,579,342	11,705
Seychelles	1	1:92,393	1,532
Syria	1	1:19,301,022	22,457
Wallis and Futuna	1	1:13,610	185
Zambia	1	1:15,849,922	53,989

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Ireland	29	1:152,754	8,150

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Guernsey	267	1:122	8
Scotland	172	1:21,763	2,099
England	113	1:215,711	16,668
Jersey	36	1:1,441	227
Wales	3	1:522,805	14,314

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	589	1:85,261	8,887

The alternate forms: Rõbin (12) & Robín (7) are calculated separately.

Robin (1,108,637) may also be a first name.

Robin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Robert,' from nick. Rob, and diminutive Rob-in; compare Col-in from Nicholas. The number of entries in the London Directory is sufficient proof of the early popularity of Robin. Birds, flowers, and weeds soon took possession of the name, the ruddock giving way to robin-redbreast so completely as to cause the earlier name to be forgotten.

'Now am I Robert, now Robin.'

Chaucer, R. R. 6337.

Dera Robins, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Robin, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Robin le Gentyle, Close Rolls, 4 Edward I.

Robin le Herberyer. Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinesi.

William Robyn, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Roger Robynsoun, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Roger Robyn-man (the servant of Robin), 1379: ibid.

Adam Robyn-man (the servant of Robin), 1370: ibid.

1606. Baptised — William, s. Arthur Robinsonne: St. Peter, Cornhill.

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

The "son of Robert" from Robin, a diminutive form of the name. The tenement of John Robynson in Irvine is mentioned in 1426 (Irvine I, p. 130), and another John Robynsone was bailie of Glasgow in 1477 (REG., p. 458). Andrew Robersoun witnessed the sale of a tenement in Arbroath in 1450 (RAA., II, 91). The name was common in Glasgow in the sixteenth century (Protocols). That Robin was early considered a diminutive of Robert is shown by an entry in 1483 (LCD., p. 195) where the same individual is referred to as Robyne of Hall and Robert of Hall.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

ROBIN: a diminutive of Robert, which see.

[Twas then a blast o' Janwar win'

Blew hansel in on Robin."

Mareoun Robyn was a tenant in Stobo in 1540 (Rental). John Robein, clerk to the town council of Stirling in 1616, appears again in 1618 as Robene and in 1621 as Robeine (SBR., p. 191,287). Joannes Robein, burgess of Peebles, 1624 (Retours, Peebles, 62). Mr. Henry Robin, late minister at Burntisland, 1730 (Guildry, p. 137).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

A double diminutive of Robert, q.v. [French Robin] John Robin.—Hundred Rolls Til Robyn the ropere Aroos bi the southe.—Piers Plowman, 3147-8.

Now am I Robert [i.e. a gentleman], now Robyn [i.e. a poor man],—Chaucer, Rom. of the Rose, 6337.

This trayturs name is Robyn Hode.— Robin Hood and the Monk, 89.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of little Rob, a pet form of Robert (fame, bright).

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

The son of Robin, or Robert.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A diminutive of Rob, from Robert. Hence Rob, Robb, Robe, Rope.

— Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Fr.; a personal name.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Robinson. —Distributed all over England, except in the south - west, where it is either absent or extremely rare. Its great home is in the northern half of the country, the numbers rapidly diminishing as we approach the south of England. Northamptonshire may be characterised as the most advanced stronghold of the Robinsons on their way to the metropolis. Robson, which is, I suppose, a contraction of this name, is essentially a north of England name, being very numerous in Northumberland and county Durham, and extending in diminished numbers across the border into the shires of Roxburgh and Dumfries.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

DNA test information

Robin Demographics

Average Male Robin Height

175.1^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 306 (2014)

Average Female Robin Height

162.15^cm

Average female height (US):

161.5 cm

Sample size: 48 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Robin Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Robin Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Robin (Arabic: روبني, Bengali: রবীন, Georgian: რობინ, Hindi: रोबिन, Marathi: रॉबीन, Oriya: େରାବିନ, Russian: Робин, Tibetan: རོ་བིན་) is most common in France. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Rõbin or Robín. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Robin? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 3,361^st most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 43,777 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 43 percent of Robin are found; 39 percent are found in Western Europe and 38 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 771^st most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 1,108,637 people.

The surname Robin is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 64,542 people, or 1 in 1,029. In France Robin is most common in: Île-de-France, where 15 percent live, Pays de la Loire, where 14 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 13 percent live. Beside France it exists in 162 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 36 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Robin Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Robin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Robin last name increased 1,401 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 665 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 113 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 52 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Robin Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Anglican (43%) in Ireland, Orthodox (79%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon, Christian (98%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Robin surname are 1.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.83% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Robin earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 16.66% less than the national average, earning R 198,036 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.1% less than the national average, earning $19,275,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.9% more than the national average, earning $45,693 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.35% less than the national average, earning $45,039 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Rõbin	93	12	/
Robín	93	7	/
Robina	91	16,475	/
Robion	91	1,383	/
Roubin	91	1,174	/
Robijn	91	914	/
Robien	91	138	/
Roybin	91	101	/
Rhobin	91	82	/
Roobin	91	50	/
Robing	91	37	/
Roibin	91	13	/
Rosbin	91	13	/
Robuin	91	7	/
Robinn	91	5	/
Robint	91	2	/
Robisn	91	1	/
Roebin	91	1	/
Rrobin	91	1	/
Rohbin	91	0	/
Robn	89	11	/
Robinne	83	275	/
Roobina	83	229	/
Roubion	83	187	/
Roubina	83	56	/
Roubien	83	3	/
Rhoubin	83	2	/
Ruobing	83	2	/
Roshbin	83	1	/
Rhobina	83	1	/
Robinnt	83	1	/
Roibing	83	1	/
Robiohn	83	1	/
Rohbuin	83	1	/
Robinth	83	1	/
Robintt	83	0	/
Rubin	80	73,765	/
Rabin	80	14,603	/
Robyn	80	3,838	/
Roben	80	3,216	/
Rebin	80	866	/
Rowin	80	647	/
Robim	80	563	/
Rübin	80	65	/
Robén	80	31	/
Räbin	80	27	/
Robne	80	8	/
Robhn	80	1	/
Roubn	80	1	/
Robinova	77	32	/
Rothbind	77	1	/
Robingue	77	1	/
Rubina	73	29,152	/
Rabina	73	7,540	/
Rubion	73	1,577	/
Rubing	73	1,145	/
Rouben	73	600	/
Roeben	73	492	/
Rubint	73	468	/
Robeen	73	434	/
Rebien	73	350	/
Rabing	73	314	/
Rabion	73	307	/
Rubien	73	222	/
Reubin	73	199	/
Rubink	73	137	/
Hrebin	73	84	/
Rooben	73	66	/
Rasbin	73	58	/
Rabuin	73	52	/
Rabink	73	51	/
Rabien	73	41	/
Rahbin	73	40	/
Raubin	73	38	/
Robeng	73	26	/
Robent	73	24	/
Rhubin	73	22	/
Rompin	73	16	/
Robyna	73	14	/
Roubín	73	13	/
Rubinc	73	12	/
Rusbin	73	9	/
Ruibin	73	9	/
Rõbina	73	8	/
Robynn	73	7	/
Rabind	73	7	/
Hrobyn	73	6	/
Rehbin	73	5	/
Robuen	73	5	/
Rowuin	73	4	/
Hrabin	73	4	/
Hrubin	73	4	/
Rohvin	73	4	/
Robyon	73	3	/
Rhoben	73	2	/
Rubind	73	2	/
Robaen	73	2	/
Rebinn	73	2	/
Rujbin	73	1	/
Rutbin	73	1	/
Roobim	73	1	/
Robenn	73	1	/
Rohben	73	1	/
Hroben	73	1	/
Raebin	73	1	/
Rosuin	73	1	/
Rubuin	73	1	/
Rojuin	73	1	/
Robesn	73	1	/
Rabinn	73	0	/
Rohwin	73	0	/
Rhebin	73	0	/
Roubinová	71	9	/
Roubinova	71	3	/
Rubingh	67	607	/
Rown	67	176	/
Hrebien	67	71	/
Rubienė	67	51	/
Ruibing	67	34	/
Rahabin	67	26	/
Robynne	67	22	/
Rovn	67	16	/
Rohwina	67	14	/
Rabn	67	11	/
Rubinck	67	11	/
Robngue	67	11	/
Rehbien	67	10	/
Rubn	67	5	/
Roitben	67	5	/
Hrobyna	67	5	/
Rabinne	67	4	/
Raubina	67	1	/
Rebn	67	1	/
Roobeen	67	1	/
Hrobeng	67	1	/
Reubuin	67	1	/
Raabina	67	1	/
Roubeng	67	1	/
Rubienn	67	1	/
Rothben	67	0	/
Rathbin	67	0	/
Rahbihn	67	0	/
Rheubin	67	0	/

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Robin Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Robin in the Georgian language
რობინ	robin	-
Robin in the Hindi language
रोबिन	robina	91.91
रोबीन	robina	4.53
रॉबिन	robina	2.03
रोविन	rovina	0.51
राबिन	rabina	0.33
रॉविन	rovina	0.08
रॉबीन	robina	0.03
रॊबीन	robina	0.02
रोवीन	rovina	0.02
राबीन	rabina	0.02
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Robin in the Tibetan language
རོ་བིན་	robin	90.16
ར་བིན་	rabin	6.56
ནོ་བིན་	nobin	3.28
Robin in the Marathi language
रॉबीन	robina	54.45
रॉिबन	roibana	23.6
रोबीन	robina	9.39
रोिबन	roibana	8.71
रोबीण	robina	0.19
राबीन	rabina	0.15
राबीण	rabina	0.1
नोबीन	nobina	0.05
रॉबीण	robina	0.05
रुबीन	rubina	0.05
रॉवीन	rovina	0.05
तोबीन	tobina	0.05
रॉबी	robi	0.05
रॉबेन	robena	0.05
रॉबन	robana	0.05
रोब	roba	0.05
रॉनी	roni	0.05
रोबीना	robina	0.05
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Robin in the Oriya language
େରାବିନ	erabina	46.94
ରବିନ	rabina	34.69
ରବିନ୍	rabin	8.16
ରବୀନ	rabina	4.08
େରାବିନ୍	erabin	4.08
େରାବୀନ	erabina	2.04
Robin in the Bengali language
রবীন	rabina	40
রবিন	rabina	40
রোবিন	robina	20
Robin in the Russian language
Робин	robin	-
Robin in the Arabic language
روبني	rwbny	-
الحن	alhn	-
روبن	rwbn	-

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Footnotes

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