The Alvin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,122 people carried this name — #22,827 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,044 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 103 people named Alvin.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
296 people named Alvin is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Alvin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Alvin 1806–1887 · writer -
Juliette Alvin 1897–1982 · cellist -
Danny Alvin 1902–1958 · drummer -
John Alvin 1917–2009 · actor -
Pierre Hippolyte Scipion Isidore Alvin 1872–1950 · military personnel
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Bror Alvin 1898–1983 · civil servant
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alvin.
- Alunni 131 · U.S. census
- Alvarado 133,501 · U.S. census
- Alvares 3,789 · U.S. census
- Alvarez 233,983 · U.S. census
- Alvaro 1,250 · U.S. census
- Alves 13,882 · U.S. census
- Aly 1,838 · U.S. census
- Amable 141 · U.S. census
- Amadei 139 · U.S. census
- Amadi 728 · U.S. census
- Amadio 719 · U.S. census
- Amado 3,680 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Alvin is.
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