Devlin is used as a family name or surname in Dublin. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Devlin
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Dublin
Meaning: The Norman spelling of Dublin. In the great charter of King John, Henry, Archbishop of Dublin, is a written Henri de Diveline

How popular is Devlin?

Devlin is common in United States.

Devlin is ranked 12271 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Devlin bearers increased by 4.446228 per cent in 2010 US census to 13014 since 2000, the surname slipped by 110 spots and ranked at 2774. The last name was found in around 44 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.68 93.6
Black 2.98 3.16
Hispanic or Latino 2.27 1.5
Others 1.28 1.14
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.32
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.25 0.27
Devlin is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 43300 people have been found who wears Devlin as their family name. Devlin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,742 China9
701,083 India8
705 Gibraltar7
567,967 Indonesia6
11,480 Japan4
127,708 Czech Republic3
119,730 Brazil3
2,967 Vietnam3
32,695 Nigeria3
3,014 Taiwan2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
4,231 Jamaica2
4,104 South Korea2
14,521 Portugal2
10,958 Bangladesh1
53,505 Turkey1
1,818 Guernsey1
28,746 Algeria1
90,903 Moldova1
7,191 Afghanistan1
10,190 Bahrain1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
31,584 Peru1
8,371 Syria1
28,365 Kenya1
11,486 Estonia1
153,416 Italy1
10,683 Cyprus1
3,586 Honduras1
7,941 Guatemala1
42,479 Greece1
17,236 Ghana1
25,721 Egypt1
91,024 Belgium1
12,745 Luxembourg1
1,572 Macau1
11,923 Slovenia1
8,181 Botswana1
2,724 New Caledonia1
58,885 Poland1
4,249 Cambodia1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
2,024 Mongolia1
8,268 Mauritius1
24,771 Colombia1
25,746 Finland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,851 Netherlands44
299 Isle of Man41
15,412 Denmark34
20,103 Norway33
8,720 Qatar29
36,547 Switzerland27
144,672 Ukraine24
813 Jersey22
5,663 Thailand18
72,915 Belarus11
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
57,588 Argentina75
33,773 Spain69
5,248 Singapore59
3,881 Hong Kong59
16,052 Sweden58
167,668 Russia58
3,517 Puerto Rico54
Countries with hundreds of Devlin:
1,388 New Zealand530
12,297 South Africa511
22,254 Germany471
1,201 Wales327
35,533 France282
39,199 Philippines258
21,011 Mexico157
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
13,194 Malaysia126
Countries with thousands of Devlin:
1,029 England7,373
33 Northern Ireland4,423
1,042 Australia2,999
280 Ireland2,904
296 Scotland2,717
2,085 Canada2,428
Countries with ten thousands of Devlin:
2,400 United States16,749
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Devlin worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on John Clark and arrived on May 14, 1846. Bridget Devlin (21) , James Devlin, aged 20, 20 years old John Devlin, Margt. Devlin, aged 23, Farmer Hugh Devlin, James Devlin (31) Workman, Workwoman Hannah Devlin, Bridget Devlin (29) Workwoman, and 268 other Devlin around 53.46% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster, shoemaker, weaver, carpenter migrated to US.

Devlin Namesakes

  • Dean Devlin, Screenwriter
  • Paul Devlin, Soccer player
  • Alli Devlin, Luke Devlin's sister
  • Es Devlin, Stage designer
  • Aren Devlin, Actor
  • Art Devlin, Baseball athlete
  • Art Devlin, Olympic athlete
  • Athena Devlin, Author
  • Athena Devlin, Author
  • Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Polit.
  • In 2016 romance movie, Elastic Heart, Coco Devlin played Taylor.
  • In 2000, Denise Devlin characterized the role of N in horror flick 909 Experiment.

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