Erwin is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic and Welsh. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Erwin
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Gaelic and Welsh
Meaning: Welsh Erwyn means very fair, white. Gaelic Urfionn means fair or beautiful

How popular is Erwin?

Erwin is common in United States.

Erwin is ranked 13125 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Erwin bearers increased by 1.699819 per cent in 2010 US census to 22496 since 2000, the surname slipped by 119 spots and ranked at 1594. The last name was found in around 76 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.78 89.84
Black 6.17 5.89
Hispanic or Latino 2.68 1.85
Others 1.75 1.32
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.85 0.65
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.76 0.45
Erwin is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 40241 people have been found who wears Erwin as their family name. Erwin 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
318,252 Ukraine6
720,003 Russia4
8,411 Costa Rica4
127,708 Czech Republic3
1,817 Marshall Islands3
35,789 Turkey3
14,126 Colombia3
3,340 Jamaica3
13,552 Qatar2
18,718 Thailand2
1,333 Guam2
21,529 Singapore2
5,859 Mauritius2
38,830 Morocco1
21,562 Portugal1
77,122 Sweden1
3,243 Suriname1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,211 Brunei1
25,721 Egypt1
7,895 South Korea1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
31,584 Peru1
29,046 Japan1
7,292 Vietnam1
18,969 Wales1
6,033 Benin1
3,307 Malta1
165,773 Belarus1
5,916 Mozambique1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
14,373 Jordan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
6,873 Ireland44
46,962 Spain42
14,946 New Zealand38
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
23,443 Norway26
477,287 India16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
83,365 Brazil95
12,684 Switzerland90
40,500 Tanzania85
78,184 Italy67
13,232 Chile63
133,875 France61
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Erwin:
4,897 Canada908
16,159 Philippines902
4,282 Australia702
11,889 South Africa530
12,144 England500
1,042 Northern Ireland298
4,630 Scotland125
15,064 Romania125
21,335 Netherlands124
15,081 Belgium119
12,545 Austria105
27,127 Mexico105
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Erwin:
2,716 Indonesia5,497
7,991 Germany1,210
Countries with ten thousands of Erwin:
1,403 United States27,957
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Erwin worked as gardner/grower and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 35 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Shananga and arrived on May 1, 1846. 23 years old James Erwin, 22 years old U Erwin, 3 months old John Erwin, John Erwin, aged 20, Margaret Erwin (21) Maid, 26 years old Thomas Erwin, 17 years old Sam. Erwin, 25 years old George Erwin, Immigrant Catherine Erwin, and 53 other Erwin around 31.03% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and spinster, mechanic migrated to US.

Erwin Namesakes

  • Dudley Erwin, Australian Politician
  • Alec Erwin, Politician
  • Carlos Erwin Arias, Soccer goalkeeper
  • Ray Erwin Baber, Author
  • Fred Erwin Beal, Author
  • Lee Erwin, Soccer player
  • Stuart Erwin, Actor
  • Carlos Erwin Arias, Soccer goalkeeper
  • Dudley Erwin, Australian Politician
  • Caledonia Jean-Marie Erwin, Shawn Colvin's daughter

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