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There are approximately 2,799 people named Colvin in the UK. That makes it the 3,461th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 44 are named Colvin.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic


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The Colvin surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

COLVIN. Colvin or Colvinus was a Devonshire tenant in chief, and held his lands in the reign of Edw. the Confessor, aud at the making of Domesd. See Coffin.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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