How common is the surname Devlin?

13,014 people in the United States had the surname Devlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,724 Americans. It ranked 2,774th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Devlin?

Dean Devlin, American actor, followed by Cameron Devlin.

Where is the surname Devlin most common?

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

How do you pronounce Devlin?

Devlin is /ˈdɛvlɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Devlin getting more or less common?

More common. 12,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,014 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Devlin

An Irish surname, carried by 13,014 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɛvlɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex D145

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Devlin is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From Irish Ó Duibhlin. Doublet of Dolan.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,014 people named Devlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,724 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,460.

#2,774

rank among US surnames

13,014

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,664)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,765	Blank	13,050	23,659
#2,766	Croft	13,047	23,664
#2,767	Baltazar	13,045	23,668
#2,768	Salisbury	13,038	23,680
#2,769	Easter	13,036	23,684
#2,770	Burden	13,028	23,699
#2,772	Salvador	13,021	23,711

Who is named Devlin

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Devlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Devlins

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dean Devlin
American actor, born 1962
Cameron Devlin
Australian association football player, born 1998
Ryan Devlin
American actor, born 1980
Kate Devlin
British computer scientist, AI specialist, born 1973
Judy Devlin
Badminton player (1935–2024)

Notable Devlins come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Davlin

Devlin has the Soundex code D145, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D145.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Devlin come from?: From Irish Ó Duibhlin. Doublet of Dolan.
How common is the surname Devlin?: 13,014 people in the United States had the surname Devlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,724 Americans. It ranked 2,774th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Devlin?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Devlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Devlin?: Dean Devlin, American actor, followed by Cameron Devlin.
Where is the surname Devlin most common?: Wikidata records people named Devlin in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
How do you pronounce Devlin?: Devlin is /ˈdɛvlɪn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Devlin getting more or less common?: More common. 12,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,014 in 2010, up 4.4%.
What are other spellings of Devlin?: Davlin.