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    The surname Shevlin

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,563 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S145

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shevlin is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Seibhleáin (“descendant of Seibhleán”).

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

    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 1,563 people named Shevlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,534 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,581.

    #17,888
    rank among US surnames
    1,563
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,673)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,883Towell1,564197,408
    #17,888Bergren1,563197,534
    #17,896Petras1,562197,660

    Who is named Shevlin

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

    94% of people named Shevlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Shelvin
    • Shovlin

    Shevlin has the Soundex code S145, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S145.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shevlin come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Seibhleáin (“descendant of Seibhleán”).
    How common is the surname Shevlin?
    1,563 people in the United States had the surname Shevlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,534 Americans. It ranked 17,888th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shevlin?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shevlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Shevlin?
    Shevlin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Shevlin getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,563 in 2010, down 1.1%.
    What are other spellings of Shevlin?
    Shelvin and Shovlin.