The Jarvis surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 35,350 people carried this name — #985 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,350 people counted. That is up 4% from 34,050 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Jarvis surname
A surname derived from a Middle English form of Gervase.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Jarvis» (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 64 people named Jarvis.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
35 people named Jarvis live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 21 people named Jarvis 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
86 people named Jarvis are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Jarvis in American newspapers,
1843–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 166,010 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Jarvis,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Eugene Jarvis d. 2025 · businessperson
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Samuel Jarvis d. 1784 · composer
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Anna Campbell Jarvis d. 1907
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Eliza Caroline Jarvis d. 1930
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Olive Jarvis d. 1961
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Ellen Jarvis d. 1937
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jarvis.
- Jaros 1,690 · U.S. census
- Jarosz 2,760 · U.S. census
- Jarreau 1,402 · U.S. census
- Jarret 395 · U.S. census
- Jarrin 466 · U.S. census
- Jarry 429 · U.S. census
- Jary 114 · U.S. census
- Jas 117 · U.S. census
- Jasiak 164 · U.S. census
- Jasinski 3,679 · U.S. census
- Jaskula 234 · U.S. census
- Jaskulski 398 · U.S. census
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