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The KIRWIN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,290 19411 0 5
United States (1880 census) 546 8985 0.001 11
Change since 1880 +744 -10426 +N/A -6
Other Countries
Australia 135 10898 0.001 8
United Kingdom 490 8980 0.001 11
Top States for KIRWIN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 135 6117 0.002 21
Florida 113 15428 0.001 7
New York 104 18080 0.001 5
New Jersey 84 11752 0.001 10
Ohio 83 15658 0.001 7
Top States for KIRWIN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Rhode Island 58 2794 0.006 55
New Hampshire 27 5975 0.002 22
Massachusetts 135 6117 0.002 21
Delaware 9 13820 0.001 11
Minnesota 56 14075 0.001 11

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

Classification and Origin of KIRWIN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KIRWIN 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 KIRWIN 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 KIRWIN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 19 1.47
Mixed Race 14 1.09
Asian/Pacific 10 0.78
White (Caucasian) 1,238 95.97
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of KIRWIN in historical publications

KIRWIN. This family, of ancient Irish extraction, have been seated at Blindwell, CO. Gahvay from time immemorial. Until the time of Elizabeth the name was written O'Quirivane. " In a conlirmatory grant of Charles II., reference is made to their recognition by Henry Vll. and King John." B.L.G.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to KIRWIN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KIRWIN.

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 KIRWIN

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