The Ervin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,698 people carried this name — #1,377 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 24,511 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Ervin surname

English, Irish, and Scottish Gaelic surname, spelling variant of Irvin. Also Americanized from German Erwin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ervin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 46 people named Ervin 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 Río Negro.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Río Negro 46

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Ervin was counted together with Irwin: 294 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 1,595 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Irwin, Ervan, Erven, Ervewin, Ervin, Ervine, Erving, Ervwin, Ervwn, Erwin, Erwine, Erwinn, Erwyn, Irven, Irvin, Irvine, Irving, Irwen, Irwin, Irwine, Urvin. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 147
North Carolina 60
South Carolina 26
Virginia 17
New York 16
Maryland 11
Massachusetts 7
Vermont 4
New Hampshire 2
Connecticut 2
Maine 1
Rhode Island 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 247 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Ervin in American newspapers,
1899–1910.

Newspaper page from The Oskaloosa Herald carrying the name Ervin
The Oskaloosa Herald 1910-06-09
Newspaper page from The Burke County News carrying the name Ervin
The Burke County News 1899-11-03
Newspaper page from The Burke County News carrying the name Ervin
The Burke County News 1899-03-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 73,116 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ervin in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

1,039 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ervin. The most, 204, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 464
New South Wales 308
Queensland 109
South Australia 99
ACT (Canberra) 16
Tasmania 16
Western Australia 15

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ervin.

Who carried it

People named Ervin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas E. Ervin
    Thomas E. Ervin d. 1992 · lawyer
  • William S. Ervin
    William S. Ervin 1886–1951 · politician
  • Sam Ervin
    Sam Ervin 1896–1985 · judge
  • Joseph Wilson Ervin
    Joseph Wilson Ervin 1901–1945 · lawyer
  • James Ervin 1778–1841 · lawyer
  • Tõnis Ervin 1863–1906 · amateur wrestler

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ervin,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,334 records

1,334 records of the Ervin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 781
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 350
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 46
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 41
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 39
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 34
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 22
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 11
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Lee Ervin

    Born 1949; from Springfield, Illinois. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herbert C. Ervin

    Born 1916 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1945 at Camp Josepth T Robinson Little Rock, Arkansas; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Eliza Ervin

    Arrived at New York in 1859 aboard the Dreadnought from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,334 records for Ervin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada127 records

127 records of the Ervin name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 117
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Samuel G. Ervin

    Buried in 1944 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 26.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Charles Willard Ervin

    Died 1963 in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Samuel George Ervin

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 127 records for Ervin in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia84 records

84 records of the Ervin name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 49
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 23
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 8
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alice Ervin

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Gibson Craig, aged 23; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Daniel Ervin

    Farmer of Mt Moriac, Victoria; died 1918.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Robert Ervin

    Left Launceston in 1849 aboard the Raven, bound for Port Phillip, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 84 records for Ervin in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Ervin name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ronald Chadwick Ervin

    Married in 1945 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Maria Ervin

    Baptised in 1758 in Klundert.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Ervin name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Louis Ervin

    Born 1913 in Berlaimont (Nord); died 1999 in Verdun (Meuse).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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