How common is the surname Irion?

1,125 people in the United States had the surname Irion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. It ranked 22,770th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Irion?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Irion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Irion getting more or less common?

More common. 1,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,125 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Irion

A surname, carried by 1,125 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex I650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Irion is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,125 people named Irion in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,091.

#22,770

rank among US surnames

1,125

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,116)

Who is named Irion

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

91% of people named Irion identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Irion

Irwin

Irion has the Soundex code I650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I650.

Questions

How common is the surname Irion?: 1,125 people in the United States had the surname Irion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. It ranked 22,770th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Irion?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Irion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Irion getting more or less common?: More common. 1,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,125 in 2010, up 3.1%.