How common is the surname Beirne?

1,642 people in the United States had the surname Beirne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,030 Americans. It ranked 17,249th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Beirne?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Beirne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Beirne getting more or less common?

More common. 1,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,642 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Beirne

A surname, carried by 1,642 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beirne is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,642 people named Beirne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,030 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,556.

#17,249

rank among US surnames

1,642

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,880)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,249	Makela	1,642	188,030
#17,258	Elders	1,641	188,145

Who is named Beirne

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Beirne identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beirne

Beirne has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

Questions

How common is the surname Beirne?: 1,642 people in the United States had the surname Beirne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,030 Americans. It ranked 17,249th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beirne?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Beirne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Beirne getting more or less common?: More common. 1,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,642 in 2010, up 5.5%.