The Calvin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,412 people carried this name — #3,763 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 8,907 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Calvin surname
A surname from French or Spanish, notably borne by John Calvin, French Protestant theologian.
Latinization of Norman-Picard Cauvin, a nickname for a chauve (“bald”) person.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Calvin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 202 people named Calvin.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 78 people named Calvin live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
34 people named Calvin 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).
In print
Calvin in American newspapers,
1906–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 448,226 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Calvin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Idelette Calvin 1506–1549 · housewife -
John Calvin 1509–1564 · writer -
John Calvin 1509–1564 · writer
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Delino Dexter Calvin 1798–1884 · politician -
Samuel Calvin 1840–1911 · geologist -
Samuel Calvin 1811–1890 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Calvin.
- Caltagirone 532 · U.S. census
- Calvani 179 · U.S. census
- Calvary 178 · U.S. census
- Calvet 231 · U.S. census
- Calvetti 366 · U.S. census
- Calvi 529 · U.S. census
- Calvino 313 · U.S. census
- Calvo 6,883 · U.S. census
- Calzada 5,022 · U.S. census
- Cam 1,300 · U.S. census
- Camacho 67,893 · U.S. census
- Camara 8,324 · U.S. census
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