Last Name DARWIN

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Meaning Local: Of Darwen. Over the Lower Darwen are towns in the ancient parish of Blackburn, county Lancashire, so called because located on the small stream the Darwen, a variation of the common river name Derwent. Both towns and rivulet are so spelt in every document. Another origin on the name is 'the son of Derewen.'
From Derwin, an oak; local, 'Derwent,' a river in England.
Origin English, Welsh, Jewish, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 15,433 (2000 US census) 10,786 (1990 US census)
Count 1,743 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.27%, or 1434 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.38%, or 181 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.32%, or 23 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.09%, or 19 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.84%, or 32 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.1%, or 54 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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