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    The surname Lavin

    A Latin patronymic surname, carried by 6,679 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L150

    Lavin: #5,224 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lavin #5,224, 6,679 people Lavin: #5,224 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lavin #5,224, 6,679 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lavin is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    Latin origin

    Various origins: * A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Láimhín, variant of Ó Flaithimhín (“descendant of Flaithimín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of flaith (“ruler”). * English metronymic surname from the medieval female given name Lavina, from Latin Lavinia. * Borrowed from Spanish Lavín, a habitational surname from a place near Santander. * Respelling of Lavigne.

    Lavin is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,679 people named Lavin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,226 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,435.

    #5,224
    rank among US surnames
    6,679
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,000)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,215Stott6,69346,130
    #5,216Nowlin6,69246,137
    #5,218Brush6,69046,150
    #5,219Vanover6,68946,157
    #5,220Mashburn6,68846,164
    #5,221Mackie6,68646,178
    #5,222Vanpelt6,68546,185

    Who is named Lavin

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

    86% of people named Lavin identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Laffin

    Surnames that sound like Lavin

    Lavin has the Soundex code L150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L150.

    Other Latin surnames

    All 91 Latin surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lavin come from?
    Various origins: * A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Láimhín, variant of Ó Flaithimhín (“descendant of Flaithimín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of flaith (“ruler”). * English metronymic surname from the medieval female given name Lavina, from Latin Lavinia. * Borrowed from…
    How common is the surname Lavin?
    6,679 people in the United States had the surname Lavin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,226 Americans. It ranked 5,224th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lavin?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Lavin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Lavin?
    Lavin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Lavin getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,679 in 2010, up 3.8%.
    What are other spellings of Lavin?
    Laffin.