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The erwin Surname

erwin Name Meaning and History

  1. Scottish, English, and Irish: variant of Irvin.
  2. German: from the personal name Erwin, from Herwin, a compound of Old High German heri ‘army’ + wini ‘friend’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The erwin name in History

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Distribution of erwin Families in the US in 1920
Number of erwin families
 156-309
 53-155		 1-52
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Threads: 559 - Messages: 1162
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Ervin's/ Erwin's, from Ulster Ireland to Augusta Co Virginia barbara 20
Erwins in Texas Halea_Huestis 0
Looking for Erwin & Lipscomb descendants DeannPearson51 0
Erwin family please help! Colleen Baker 20
Erwin family from Texas Erwin, Jenna 2
family Asa Erwin 7
Erwin Lori Brightwell 0
Erwin Family Ancestry Arline Erwin Orr 18
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ERWIN Lucy J 1847 1929 t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
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