Find out how popular the last name Javins is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Javins.

Javins, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Javins surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Javins in America

Javins is the 56710th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Javins surname appeared 360 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Javins.

We can also compare 2010 data for Javins to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Javins

The surname Javins is believed to have originated in England during the medieval period. It is thought to be a variant of the name Jeavons, which itself is derived from the personal name Jeuyn or Jovin, which were medieval forms of the name John.

The earliest recorded instance of the name Javins dates back to the 14th century, where it appears in the Hertfordshire Subsidy Rolls of 1377. Here, it is spelled as "Jevyns." This suggests that the name was already well-established in the region by that time.

Throughout the centuries, the name Javins has seen various spellings, such as Jevins, Jevayn, and Jevon, reflecting the fluid nature of spelling conventions in earlier times. It is also closely linked to the place name Jevington, a village in East Sussex, which may have been the original source of the surname.

One notable figure bearing the surname Javins was Sir Thomas Javins (1495-1562), a Member of Parliament for Wiltshire during the reign of Queen Mary I. Another was Richard Javins (1570-1625), a prominent merchant and landowner in Gloucestershire.

In the 17th century, the name appeared in the records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where John Javins (1623-1692) was among the early settlers. This suggests that the name had spread beyond England by that time.

Another noteworthy individual was William Javins (1734-1804), a British naval officer who served in the American Revolutionary War. He later became the Governor of Newfoundland from 1799 to 1804.

The name Javins also has ties to literary history, with the writer and poet Mary Javins (1820-1892) being one of the earliest published African American authors in the United States.

While the name Javins is not among the most common surnames, it has left its mark in various historical records and contexts, reflecting its long-standing presence in England and beyond.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Javins

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Javins.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Javins was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Javins has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Javins was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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