Irwin

Irwin is the 1,063rd most common surname in the United States, shared by 32,386 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 9,229.

By the numbers

People: 32,386
Rank: 1,063rd
How common: 1 in 9,229
Per 100,000: 10.8

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

From a medieval given name Erwin, from Eoforwine, from Old English eofor (“boar”) + wine (“friend”), the latter of which is from Proto-West Germanic *wini.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Irwin described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 89.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
Black, not Hispanic 2.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Irwin

Steve Irwin (1962–2006)Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality
Bill Irwin (born 1950)American actor, clown, and comedian
James Irwin (1930–1991)American astronaut
Denis Irwin (born 1965)Irish association football player
Bindi Irwin (born 1998)Australian conservationist and television personality
Chris Irwin (born 1942)British racing driver
Tom Irwin (born 1956)American actor
Terri Irwin (born 1964)American-Australian zoologist, conservationist and television host

People named Irwin with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Also a first name

Irwin has been given to 15,958 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1925. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.