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    The surname O'Beirne

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 600 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O165

    O'Beirne: #37,180 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon O'Beirne #37,180, 600 people O'Beirne: #37,180 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez O'Beirne #37,180, 600 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). O'Beirne is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin (“descendant of Bran”), a byname from bran (“raven”). See Byrne.

    O'Beirne is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 600 people named O'Beirne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 514,576 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 564.

    #37,180
    rank among US surnames
    600
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #37,200)

    Who is named O'Beirne

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

    91% of people named O'Beirne identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like O'Beirne

    O'Beirne has the Soundex code O165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O165.

    Other Irish surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname O'Beirne come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin (“descendant of Bran”), a byname from bran (“raven”). See Byrne.
    How common is the surname O'Beirne?
    600 people in the United States had the surname O'Beirne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 514,576 Americans. It ranked 37,180th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname O'Beirne?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named O'Beirne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is O'Beirne?
    O'Beirne is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname O'Beirne getting more or less common?
    More common. 564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 600 in 2010, up 6.4%.