Orvin Family History
Orvin Name Meaning
French (Normandy): metonymic occupational name for a flour
merchant, from a diminutive of orve ‘wheatflour’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Orvin
Name Distribution of Orvin Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Orvin families
 11 - 20  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Orvin families
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9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Orvin last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Orvin census records
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Orvin Family Origin
Orvin Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Orvin
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Orvin Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Orvin Civil War Service Records
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| Thread | Author | Replies | |
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| Henry William James Orvin 1800's SC. |  | trudy29461 | 13 |
| ? Orvin of Va | | oclarke25 | 0 |
| Reunite ORVIN photos w/descendants | | familypuzzle | 1 |
| info | | 0 | |
| Henry William James Orvin 1800's | | 1 |
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