# Colvin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/colvin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,499 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,592 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,723 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (21,908 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Colvin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Colvin in the United States.

## People named Colvin

- Marie Colvin, American war correspondent (1956–2012)
- Claudette Colvin, African-American civil rights activist (1939–2026)
- Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter
- Jack Colvin, American actor (1934–2005)
- Ruth Johnson Colvin, American literacy advocate (1916–2024)
- Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (1951–2002)

## Similar surnames

Calvin, Clavin, Clevenger, Chalfant, Clevinger.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.