How common is the surname Kerwin?

3,808 people in the United States had the surname Kerwin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,078 Americans. It ranked 8,635th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kerwin?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kerwin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kerwin?

Brian Kerwin, actor, followed by Lance Kerwin.

Where is the surname Kerwin most common?

Wikidata records people named Kerwin in the United States.

Is the surname Kerwin getting more or less common?

More common. 3,573 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,808 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Kerwin

An Irish surname, carried by 3,808 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kerwin is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Kirwan.

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 3,808 people named Kerwin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,078 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,573.

#8,635

rank among US surnames

3,808

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,495)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,629	Zalewski	3,812	80,993
#8,631	Krishnan	3,810	81,036
#8,634	Rankins	3,809	81,057
#8,635	Waites	3,808	81,078
#8,639	McSweeney	3,807	81,099
#8,641	Zacharias	3,805	81,142

Who is named Kerwin

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

93% of people named Kerwin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kerwins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brian Kerwin
Actor, born 1949
Lance Kerwin
American actor, 1960–2023

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kerwin

Kerwin has the Soundex code K650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K650.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kerwin come from?: Variant of Kirwan.
How common is the surname Kerwin?: 3,808 people in the United States had the surname Kerwin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,078 Americans. It ranked 8,635th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kerwin?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kerwin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kerwin?: Brian Kerwin, actor, followed by Lance Kerwin.
Where is the surname Kerwin most common?: Wikidata records people named Kerwin in the United States.
Is the surname Kerwin getting more or less common?: More common. 3,573 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,808 in 2010, up 6.6%.