How common is the surname Byrum?

5,637 people in the United States had the surname Byrum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,771 Americans. It ranked 6,084th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Byrum getting more or less common?

More common. 5,568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,637 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Byrum

A surname, carried by 5,637 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Byrum is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,637 people named Byrum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,771 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,568.

#6,084

rank among US surnames

5,637

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,708)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,077	McLane	5,640	54,742
#6,079	Munger	5,639	54,752
#6,083	Koon	5,638	54,762
#6,084	Kwong	5,637	54,771
#6,087	Hollinger	5,634	54,800
#6,088	Laguna	5,633	54,810

Who is named Byrum

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

91% of people named Byrum identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Byrum

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

Questions

How common is the surname Byrum?: 5,637 people in the United States had the surname Byrum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,771 Americans. It ranked 6,084th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Byrum?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Byrum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Byrum getting more or less common?: More common. 5,568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,637 in 2010, up 1.2%.