# Byrne (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/byrne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 29,503 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,198 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,465 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (28,963 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Byrn |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin (“descendant of Bran”), a personal name based on bran (“raven”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Byrne in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Byrne in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Byrne

- Rose Byrne, Australian actress
- Rhonda Byrne, Australian writer and producer
- Michael Byrne, British actor
- P. J. Byrne, American actor
- Scarlett Byrne, British actress
- John Byrne, author and artist of comic books
- Robert Byrne, American chess player and writer (1928-2013)
- Martha Byrne, American actress
- Donald Byrne, American chess player (1930-1976)
- Brendan Byrne, American politician and prosecutor (1924-2018)
- Tony Byrne, boxer (1930–2013)
- Jasmine Byrne, American pornographic actress

and 12 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Browne, Barney, Barone, Bourne, Burney, Byron, Borne, Brune, Beirne, Birney, Briney, Brine.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.