# Devlin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/devlin/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,014 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,774 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,724 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (12,460 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɛvlɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Davlin |

## Etymology

From Irish Ó Duibhlin. Doublet of Dolan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Devlin 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Devlin in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Devlin

- Dean Devlin, American actor
- Cameron Devlin, Australian association football player
- Ryan Devlin, American actor
- Kate Devlin, British computer scientist, AI specialist
- Judy Devlin, badminton player (1935–2024)

## Similar surnames

Depalma, Duplantis, Dublin, DiPalma.

## 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.