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The DEVLIN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 12,460 2664 0.005 46
United States (1880 census) 3,727 1648 0.007 75
Change since 1880 +8733 -1016 -0.002 -29
Other Countries
Australia 1,676 970 0.01 103
United Kingdom 9,898 604 0.022 216
Top States for DEVLIN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Pennsylvania 1,774 692 0.014 144
New York 1,195 1467 0.006 63
Massachusetts 1,178 688 0.019 186
New Jersey 997 827 0.012 118
California 970 3102 0.003 29
Top States for DEVLIN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 1,178 688 0.019 186
Pennsylvania 1,774 692 0.014 144
Vermont 75 1409 0.012 123
New Jersey 997 827 0.012 118
New Hampshire 146 1292 0.012 118

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DEVLIN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DEVLIN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DEVLIN in Pennsylvania than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DEVLIN by picking someone at random in Massachusetts than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DEVLIN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DEVLIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DEVLIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DEVLIN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 394 3.16
White (Hispanic) 187 1.5
Mixed Race 142 1.14
Asian/Pacific 40 0.32
Native American/Alaskan 34 0.27
White (Caucasian) 11,663 93.6

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DEVLIN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of DEVLIN in historical publications

(origin: Local) The Norman spelling of Dublin. In the great charter of King John, Henry, Archbishop of Dublin, is written Henri de Diveline.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to DEVLIN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DEVLIN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DEVLIN

The following words are slight variants of DEVLIN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.