How common is the surname Marvin?

10,310 people in the United States had the surname Marvin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,946 Americans. It ranked 3,468th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Marvin?

Lee Marvin, American actor (1924–1987), followed by Ursula B. Marvin.

Where is the surname Marvin most common?

Wikidata records people named Marvin in the United States.

How do you pronounce Marvin?

Marvin is /ˈmɑɹ.vɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Marvin getting more or less common?

Less common. 10,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,310 in 2010, down 0.6%.

Is Marvin also a first name?

Yes. Marvin 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 Marvin

A Welsh surname, carried by 10,310 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɑɹ.vɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex M615 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). Marvin is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

From Welsh Merfyn (“Mervyn”), probably from mêr (“marrow”) + myn (“eminent”).

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,310 people named Marvin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,946 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,375.

#3,468

rank among US surnames

10,310

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,174)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,464	Fang	10,316	29,929
#3,466	Maya	10,313	29,938
#3,467	Ferry	10,312	29,940
#3,468	Marvin	10,310	29,946

Who is named Marvin

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

89% of people named Marvin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marvins

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lee Marvin
American actor (1924–1987)
Ursula B. Marvin
American geologist, mineralogist and historian of science (1921-2018)
Arthur Marvin
American cinematographer (1859-1911)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Mervin
Mervine
Mirfin

Surnames that sound like Marvin

Marban

Marvin has the Soundex code M615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M615.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Marvin come from?: From Welsh Merfyn (“Mervyn”), probably from mêr (“marrow”) + myn (“eminent”).
How common is the surname Marvin?: 10,310 people in the United States had the surname Marvin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,946 Americans. It ranked 3,468th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marvin?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Marvin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Marvin?: Lee Marvin, American actor (1924–1987), followed by Ursula B. Marvin.
Where is the surname Marvin most common?: Wikidata records people named Marvin in the United States.
How do you pronounce Marvin?: Marvin is /ˈmɑɹ.vɪn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Marvin getting more or less common?: Less common. 10,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,310 in 2010, down 0.6%.
What are other spellings of Marvin?: Mervin, Mervine and Mirfin.
Is Marvin also a first name?: Yes. Marvin 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.