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The Flavin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,064 people carried this name — #14,468 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,961 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Flavin surname

Anglicized from Irish Ó Flaithimhín.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Flavin» (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 55 people named Flavin.

Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Rhône 9
Tarn 6
Isère 6
Paris 6
Nord 6
Savoie 5
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 5
Pyrénées-Orientales 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Flavin in American newspapers,
1880–1910.

Newspaper page from Chicago Daily Tribune carrying the name Flavin
Chicago Daily Tribune 1880-03-28
Newspaper page from The Black Hills Union And Western Stock Review carrying the name Flavin
The Black Hills Union And Western Stock Review 1910-11-11
Newspaper page from The Irish Standard carrying the name Flavin
The Irish Standard 1901-03-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,407 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Flavin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Martin Flavin
    Martin Flavin 1883–1967 · screenwriter
  • James Flavin
    James Flavin 1906–1976 · actor
  • Ray M. Flavin
    Ray M. Flavin 1912–2008 · politician
  • Edward Henry Flavin, Sr. 1839–1911 · coroner
  • Martin Flavin 1841–1916 · businessperson
  • Martin Flavin 1841–1916 · businessperson

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Flavin.

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