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    The surname Byrns

    A surname, carried by 1,444 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B652

    Byrns: #18,910 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Byrns #18,910, 1,444 people Byrns: #18,910 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Byrns #18,910, 1,444 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Byrns is more common than 88.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,444 people named Byrns in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 213,813 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,481.

    #18,910
    rank among US surnames
    1,444
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,530)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,910Haver1,444213,813
    #18,918Asare1,443213,961

    Who is named Byrns

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

    89% of people named Byrns identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Byrnss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elinor Byrns
      American lawyer, pacifist, feminist, 1876–1957
    • Joseph W. Byrns
      American politician (1869-1936)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Byrns

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Byrns?
    1,444 people in the United States had the surname Byrns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,813 Americans. It ranked 18,910th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Byrns?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Byrns identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Byrns?
    Elinor Byrns, American lawyer, pacifist, feminist, followed by Joseph W. Byrns.
    Where is the surname Byrns most common?
    Wikidata records people named Byrns in the United States.
    Is the surname Byrns getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,444 in 2010, down 2.5%.