Devlin Family History
Devlin Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Dobhailéin ‘descendant of Dobhailéan’, a personal
name of uncertain origin, probably from a diminutive of dobhail
‘unlucky’, ‘unfortunate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Devlin Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Devlin families
 238 - 474  80 - 237 |
 1 - 79  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Devlin families
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150 - 297 51 - 149 |
1 - 50 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Devlin families
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475 - 947 159 - 474 |
1 - 158 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Devlin Family Origin
Devlin Immigration Information
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Devlin Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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