# Devine (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,775 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,506 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,986 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (23,016 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Devens, Divens |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of either of two Irish surnames, Ó Duibhín (“descendant of Duibhín”), a byname from a hypocoristic form of dubh (“black”), or Ó Daimhín (“descendant of Daimhín”), a byname from a hypocoristic form of damh (“stag”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Devine 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Devine in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Devine

- Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian and writer (born 1983)
- Loretta Devine, American actress
- Andy Devine, American actor (1905–1977)
- Ava Devine, American pornographic actress
- Samuel L. Devine, American politician
- Aidan Devine, British actor

## Similar surnames

Devaney, Divine, Devane, Davín, Devinney, Devin, Devan, Devon, Dehaven, Depina, Dabney, Dubon.

## 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.