Girvan is used as a family name or surname in Welsh. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Girvan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: From the river and town of Girvan in Ayrshire, Scotland. In the Welsh, Gearafon or Gwyrddafon, implies the river flowing through the green flourishing place, from afon or aron, a river, and Gwyrdd, green, flourishing

How popular is Girvan?

Girvan is ranked 94996 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Girvans plummeted by 0.4545455 per cent to 438 since 2000 and slipped by 2521 spots and ranked at 48256. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.73 94.77
Black 5.94 2.27
Others 2.05 1.36
Girvan is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 4467 people have been found who wears Girvan as their family name. Girvan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
184,212 France3
6,900 Oman2
12,161 Wales2
35,969 Denmark2
9,185 Hong Kong2
37,372 Georgia2
1,704,541 India1
107,212 South Africa1
4,249 Cambodia1
810,193 Indonesia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
10,683 Cyprus1
7,292 Vietnam1
492,292 Ukraine1
36,814 Romania1
172,258 Germany1
56,169 Mexico1
31,207 Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
84,957 Spain15
Countries with hundreds of Girvan:
6,972 England995
39,928 United States698
1,281 Scotland597
558 Northern Ireland584
5,391 Australia553
8,269 Canada494
2,729 New Zealand279
1,506 Jamaica178
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Girvan Namesakes

  • Alexia Girvan, Actress
  • LoriAnn Girvan, Author
  • Rory Girvan, Actor

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