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    The surname O'Bryan

    A surname, carried by 6,408 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O165

    O'Bryan: #5,433 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer O'Bryan #5,433, 6,408 people O'Bryan: #5,433 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez O'Bryan #5,433, 6,408 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). O'Bryan is more common than 96.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,408 people named O'Bryan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,181 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,192.

    #5,433
    rank among US surnames
    6,408
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,185)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,429Bolling6,41448,136
    #5,431Mumford6,41348,144
    #5,432Crittenden6,41148,159
    #5,433O'Bryan6,40848,181

    Who is named O'Bryan

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

    93% of people named O'Bryan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous O'Bryans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sean O'Bryan
      Actor, born 1963

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like O'Bryan

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname O'Bryan?
    6,408 people in the United States had the surname O'Bryan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,181 Americans. It ranked 5,433rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname O'Bryan?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named O'Bryan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named O'Bryan?
    Sean O'Bryan, actor.
    Where is the surname O'Bryan most common?
    Wikidata records people named O'Bryan in the United States.
    Is the surname O'Bryan getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,192 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,408 in 2010, up 3.5%.