How common is the surname Irvine?

9,397 people in the United States had the surname Irvine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,856 Americans. It ranked 3,769th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Irvine?

Jackson Irvine, Australian association football player, followed by Jeremy Irvine.

Where is the surname Irvine most common?

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

How do you pronounce Irvine?

Irvine is /ˈɜɹvɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Irvine getting more or less common?

More common. 9,127 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,397 in 2010, up 3.0%.

Is Irvine also a first name?

Yes. Irvine is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Irvine

A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 9,397 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɜɹvɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex I615 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Irvine is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

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

Irvine is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,397 people named Irvine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,856 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,127.

#3,769

rank among US surnames

9,397

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #3,572)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,760	Ashford	9,421	32,772
#3,761	Dallas	9,418	32,782
#3,762	Batchelor	9,417	32,786
#3,763	Cedeno	9,412	32,803
#3,765	Lavoie	9,408	32,817
#3,766	Deloach	9,407	32,821
#3,768	Neill	9,404	32,831

Who is named Irvine

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

87% of people named Irvine identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Irvines

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jackson Irvine
Australian association football player, born 1993
Jeremy Irvine
British actor, born 1990
Jim Irvine
Australian field hockey player, born 1948
Wilson Irvine
American artist (1869-1936)
Grant Irvine
Australian swimmer, born 1991
Robin Irvine
British actor (1901-1933)
James Irvine
British designer (1958–2013)

Notable Irvines come mostly from Australia (3), the United Kingdom (3) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Irvine

Irvine has the Soundex code I615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I615.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Irvine come from?: Probably from Celtic words cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“green, fresh”) + afon (“water”).
How common is the surname Irvine?: 9,397 people in the United States had the surname Irvine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,856 Americans. It ranked 3,769th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Irvine?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Irvine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Irvine?: Jackson Irvine, Australian association football player, followed by Jeremy Irvine.
Where is the surname Irvine most common?: Wikidata records people named Irvine in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
How do you pronounce Irvine?: Irvine is /ˈɜɹvɪn/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Irvine?: Irvine is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Irvine getting more or less common?: More common. 9,127 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,397 in 2010, up 3.0%.
Is Irvine also a first name?: Yes. Irvine is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.