How common is the surname Byrnes?

11,039 people in the United States had the surname Byrnes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,969 Americans. It ranked 3,271st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Byrnes?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Byrnes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Byrnes?

James F. Byrnes, American politician (1882–1972), followed by Darcy Rose Byrnes.

Where is the surname Byrnes most common?

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

Is the surname Byrnes getting more or less common?

More common. 10,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,039 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Byrnes

A surname, carried by 11,039 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Byrnes is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

Compare Byrne.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,039 people named Byrnes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,969 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,913.

#3,271

rank among US surnames

11,039

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,046)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,267	Grooms	11,045	27,953
#3,268	Barba	11,043	27,958
#3,270	Freitas	11,041	27,964
#3,271	Byrnes	11,039	27,969

Who is named Byrnes

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

95% of people named Byrnes identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Byrness

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James F. Byrnes
American politician (1882–1972)
Darcy Rose Byrnes
American actress, born 1998
Brittany Byrnes
Australian actress, born 1987
Jim Byrnes
American musician and actor, born 1948
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, born 1937
Mark Byrnes
Australian soccer player, born 1982

Notable Byrness come mostly from the United States (8) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Byrnes

Byrnes has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

Questions

Where does the surname Byrnes come from?: Compare Byrne.
How common is the surname Byrnes?: 11,039 people in the United States had the surname Byrnes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,969 Americans. It ranked 3,271st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Byrnes?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Byrnes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Byrnes?: James F. Byrnes, American politician (1882–1972), followed by Darcy Rose Byrnes.
Where is the surname Byrnes most common?: Wikidata records people named Byrnes in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Byrnes getting more or less common?: More common. 10,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,039 in 2010, up 1.2%.