Last Name NEVINS

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Meaning The son of Niven, or Nevin. It points to an early but forgotten prsonal name. Since Nevin and Nevens exist one can assume that Nevinson and Nevison were Neve-son, i.e. Nephew-son, the intrusive 'n' in the former being extremely common in such forms. Nevinson was bound to become Neverson.
Origin English, Native American, Irish

Rank 6,360 (2000 US census) 7,660 (1990 US census)
Count 4,927 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 87.82%, or 4327 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 8.36%, or 412 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.61%, or 30 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.28%, or 14 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.52%, or 75 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.4%, or 69 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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