Devin is used as a family name or surname in French. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Devin
No. of characters: 5
Origin: French
Meaning: A soothsayer, a cunning man. The name is taken in Belgium (thirty families) but especially in France, where it is quite common. Apparently this is a nickname given to a sorcerer or a healer, as there were so many in the villages. The Devinaud names Devineau (West) should be diminutives.

How popular is Devin?

Devin is common in United States.

Devin is ranked 61761 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Devins plummeted by 3.759942 per cent to 1331 since 2000 and slipped by 1639 spots and ranked at 20076. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.1 89.3
Black 6.01 5.21
Hispanic or Latino 4.36 2.75
Others 2.03 1.88
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.9 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 0
Devin is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies that it is originated from France. Around 7448 people have been found who wears Devin as their family name. Devin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
13,220 Thailand6
114,007 Czech Republic4
32,086 Mexico3
3,014 Taiwan2
23,858 Iran2
6,103 Cyprus2
34,572 Israel2
6,266 Luxembourg2
91,784 Netherlands2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
53,033 Nigeria1
13,606 Senegal1
31,584 Peru1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
36,814 Romania1
169,904 Brazil1
7,292 Vietnam1
19,533 Uruguay1
29,046 Japan1
2,040 Mali1
2,724 New Caledonia1
17,768 Pakistan1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
11,923 Slovenia1
7,895 South Korea1
34,581 Chile1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
2,613 The Bahamas1
16,228 Bulgaria1
36,678 Singapore1
49,101 Denmark1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
56,036 Kazakhstan38
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
84,957 Spain15
3,343 China13
29,517 New Zealand12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
19,298 Belgium89
56,973 South Africa73
67,197 Ukraine70
128,065 Indonesia59
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Devin:
40,001 India829
26,067 Russia615
12,746 Canada300
6,781 Sri Lanka261
23,245 England215
17,168 Australia152
31,070 Turkey140
71,225 Germany134
3,646 Ireland104
Countries with thousands of Devin:
3,543 France2,217
17,815 United States1,838
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Patt Devin from Louth, Ireland aboard the Eliazbeth from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in Boston on May 16, 1846. 20 years old John Devin, Immigrant Mary Devin, Pat. Devin (23) Weaver, 20 years old Mary-Ann Devin, Catherine Devin, aged 19, Catherine Devin, aged 24, Sarah Devin (49) Farmer, Mary Devin (19) Farmer, and 62 other Devin around 60% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer migrated to US from Liverpool, Londonderry and Belfast.

Comments

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Florence Redrick
Devin is a frequent name in Burgundy, had in old french meaning sorcerer, sobriquet.

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