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The irvine Surname

irvine Name Meaning and History

Scottish, also common in northern Ireland: habitational name from Irvine in Ayrshire, which is named from a Celtic river, Welsh ir, yr ‘green’, ‘fresh’ + afon ‘water’. There has been much confusion with Irving and Irwin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the irvine family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of irvine Families in the US in 1920
Number of irvine families
 78-154
 27-77		 1-26
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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