How common is the surname Byrne?

29,503 people in the United States had the surname Byrne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,465 Americans. It ranked 1,198th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Byrne?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Byrne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Byrne?

Rose Byrne, Australian actress, followed by Rhonda Byrne.

Where is the surname Byrne most common?

Wikidata records people named Byrne in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Byrne getting more or less common?

More common. 28,963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,503 in 2010, up 1.9%.

Is Byrne also a first name?

Yes. Byrne is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Byrne

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 29,503 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). Byrne is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Byrne is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,503 people named Byrne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,465 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,963.

#1,198

rank among US surnames

29,503

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,106)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,189	Camp	29,753	10,377
#1,190	Connolly	29,710	10,392
#1,191	Hewitt	29,694	10,398
#1,192	Cramer	29,691	10,399
#1,193	Goldberg	29,603	10,430
#1,194	Morin	29,593	10,433
#1,195	Sutherland	29,585	10,436

Who is named Byrne

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

95% of people named Byrne identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Byrnes

24 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rose Byrne
Australian actress, born 1979
Rhonda Byrne
Australian writer and producer, born 1951
Michael Byrne
British actor, 1939–2026
P. J. Byrne
American actor, born 1974
Scarlett Byrne
British actress, born 1990
John Byrne
Author and artist of comic books, born 1950
Robert Byrne
American chess player and writer (1928-2013)
Martha Byrne
American actress, born 1969
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, born 1985

Notable Byrnes come mostly from the United States (16), Australia (3) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Byrn

Surnames that sound like Byrne

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Byrne come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin (“descendant of Bran”), a personal name based on bran (“raven”).
How common is the surname Byrne?: 29,503 people in the United States had the surname Byrne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,465 Americans. It ranked 1,198th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Byrne?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Byrne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Byrne?: Rose Byrne, Australian actress, followed by Rhonda Byrne.
Where is the surname Byrne most common?: Wikidata records people named Byrne in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 2 other countries.
What type of surname is Byrne?: Byrne is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Byrne getting more or less common?: More common. 28,963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,503 in 2010, up 1.9%.
What are other spellings of Byrne?: Byrn.
Is Byrne also a first name?: Yes. Byrne is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.