# Irvine (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/irvine/  
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 Scottish Gaelic derived from the place name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,397 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,769 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,856 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (9,127 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɜɹvɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Probably from Celtic words cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“green, fresh”) + afon (“water”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Irvine 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) | 6.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

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

## People named Irvine

- Jackson Irvine, Australian association football player
- Jeremy Irvine, British actor
- Jim Irvine, Australian field hockey player
- Wilson Irvine, American artist (1869-1936)
- Grant Irvine, Australian swimmer
- Robin Irvine, British actor (1901-1933)
- James Irvine, British designer (1958–2013)

## Similar surnames

Irvin, Irving.

## 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.