Irwin Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 19
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 107
Cornwall 19
Cumberland 93
Derbyshire 19
Devon 155
Dorset 21
Durham 441
Essex 61
Gloucestershire 65
Hampshire 46
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 9
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 3
Kent 21
Lancashire 626
Leicestershire 16
Lincolnshire 4
London 380
Middlesex 112
Northumberland 265
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 14
Oxfordshire 18
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 3
Somerset 24
Surrey 84
Sussex 21
Staffordshire 28
Warwickshire 46
Westmorland 15
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 23
Yorkshire 253

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 68
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 14
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Irwin Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Irwin family

Profession Census Frequency
School 293
Private Means 45
General Labourer 30
Coal Miner Hewer 20
At School 17
Dressmaker 16
General Servant (domestic) 15
Labourer 15
Clerk 14
None 14
Student 13
Laundress 11
Domestic Servant 11
Cotton Weaver 11
Assisting In Business 10
House Keeper 9
Housekeeper 9
Railway Clerk 9
General Servant Domestic 8
Postman 8
Home 7
Shop Assistant 7
Soldier 7
Charwoman 6
Cook (domestic) 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Irwin

Name Census Frequency
John Irwin 1,162
Mary Irwin 1,137
William Irwin 966
Elizabeth Irwin 641
Thomas Irwin 557
George Irwin 515
James Irwin 513
Margaret Irwin 396
Jane Irwin 380
Sarah Irwin 374
Ann Irwin 342
Robert Irwin 297
Joseph Irwin 273
Henry Irwin 222
Annie Irwin 211
Ellen Irwin 191
Charles Irwin 177
Alice Irwin 165
Eliza Irwin 159
Edward Irwin 155
Catherine Irwin 149
Isabella Irwin 143
Richard Irwin 143
Hannah Irwin 130
Emily Irwin 122

Irwin Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Irwin 100% 15,031
2 Urwin 80% 8,613
3 Rowan 40% 6,658
4 Rowen 40% 2,842
5 Orwin 80% 1,701
6 Erwin 80% 919
7 Rewin 60% 518
8 Erwine 67% 470
9 Rown 40% 255
10 Irwine 83% 220
11 Arwin 80% 140
12 Rowne 20% 101

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The surname Irwin is the most popular version of all its varients

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