# Byrnes (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,039 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,271 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,969 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (10,913 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Compare Byrne.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Byrnes 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) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Byrnes in the United States and Australia.

## People named Byrnes

- James F. Byrnes, American politician (1882–1972)
- Darcy Rose Byrnes, American actress
- Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress
- Jim Byrnes, American musician and actor
- Edd Byrnes, American actor (1932-2020)
- Michael J. Byrnes, American Roman Catholic archbishop (1958–2025)
- Marty Byrnes, American basketball player (born 1956)
- John William Byrnes, American politician (1913-1985)
- Burke Byrnes, American actor
- Mark Byrnes, Australian soccer player

## Similar surnames

Barnes, Burns, Briones, Bruns, Berens, Berns, Burnes, Brenes, Byrns, Branch, Bernstein, Brunson.

## 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.