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 10
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 16
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 40
Cornwall 23
Cumberland 80
Derbyshire 9
Devon 126
Dorset 9
Durham 281
Essex 20
Gloucestershire 57
Hampshire 23
Herefordshire 10
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 29
Lancashire 311
Leicestershire 19
Lincolnshire 5
London 253
Middlesex 33
Northumberland 190
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 6
Nottinghamshire 6
Oxfordshire 21
Rutland 0
Shropshire 16
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 32
Sussex 16
Staffordshire 7
Warwickshire 45
Westmorland 13
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 19
Yorkshire 163

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 27
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Irwin Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Irwin family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 328
Coal Miner 31
Dress Maker 24
General Labourer 23
Labourer 19
Living On Own Means 15
Domestic Servant 14
Living On Her Own Means 13
Clerk 12
Joiner 11
General Servant 9
Carter 9
Painter 8
Tailor 8
Cotton Weaver 8
Agricultural Labourer 7
General Domestic Servant 7
General Servant Domestic 7
Grocer 7
Carpenter 6
Mason 6
Farm Servant 6
Tailoress 6
Grocer Assistant 5
Cook Domestic Servant 5

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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