How common is the surname Obyrne?

1,198 people in the United States had the surname Obyrne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,717 Americans. It ranked 21,717th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Obyrne?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Obyrne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Obyrne getting more or less common?

More common. 1,193 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,198 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Obyrne

A surname, carried by 1,198 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Obyrne is more common than 86.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,198 people named Obyrne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,717 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,193.

#21,717

rank among US surnames

1,198

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #20,629)

Who is named Obyrne

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

94% of people named Obyrne identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Obyrne

Obyrne 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 Obyrne?: 1,198 people in the United States had the surname Obyrne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,717 Americans. It ranked 21,717th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Obyrne?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Obyrne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Obyrne getting more or less common?: More common. 1,193 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,198 in 2010, up 0.4%.