Last Name IRVING

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Meaning	Local: Of Irvine, a parish in Ayrshire; 'of Irving,' a parish in Dumfriesshire. Local: From a river and town of the same name in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Origin	English, Jewish, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Belgian

Rank	2,372 (2000 US census)	1,895 (1990 US census)

Count	13,997 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

54.1%, or 7572 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
40.28%, or 5638 total occurrences, as black,
0.41%, or 57 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.64%, or 230 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.85%, or 259 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.71%, or 239 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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