How common is the surname Irelan?

1,036 people in the United States had the surname Irelan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. It ranked 24,222nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Irelan?

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

Is the surname Irelan getting more or less common?

More common. 961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,036 in 2010, up 7.8%.

The surname Irelan

A surname, carried by 1,036 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex I645

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Irelan is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,036 people named Irelan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 961.

#24,222

rank among US surnames

1,036

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.8%

change since 2000 (was #24,406)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#24,214	Ansel	1,037	297,730
#24,222	Hallgren	1,036	298,017

Who is named Irelan

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

95% of people named Irelan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Irelan

Ireland

Irelan has the Soundex code I645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I645.

Questions

How common is the surname Irelan?: 1,036 people in the United States had the surname Irelan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. It ranked 24,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Irelan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Irelan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Irelan getting more or less common?: More common. 961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,036 in 2010, up 7.8%.