Irwin Family History
Irwin Name Meaning
Northern Irish, Scottish, and English: variant of Irvin.English: from the Middle English personal name Irwyn,
Erwyn, or Everwyn, Old English Eoforwine,
composed of the elements eofor ‘wild boar’ + wine
‘friend’.From the Welsh personal name Urien (see
Uren).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Irwin Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Irwin families
 459 - 916  154 - 458 |
 1 - 153  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Irwin families
|
242 - 482 81 - 241 |
1 - 80 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Irwin families
|
86 - 169 29 - 85 |
1 - 28 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Irwin Family Origin
Irwin Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Irwin
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Irwin Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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