How common is the surname Tyree?

9,613 people in the United States had the surname Tyree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,118 Americans. It ranked 3,695th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tyree?

David Tyree, American football wide receiver.

Where is the surname Tyree most common?

Wikidata records people named Tyree in the United States.

Is the surname Tyree getting more or less common?

More common. 9,451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,613 in 2010, up 1.7%.

Is Tyree also a first name?

Yes. Tyree is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Tyree

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 9,613 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tyree is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Shortened from McIntyre.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,613 people named Tyree in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,118 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,451.

#3,695

rank among US surnames

9,613

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,459)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,690	Hedges	9,625	32,077
#3,691	Brandenburg	9,624	32,081
#3,693	Bernier	9,614	32,114
#3,695	Tyree	9,613	32,118

Who is named Tyree

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

77% of people named Tyree identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tyrees

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Tyree
American football wide receiver, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Tirey

Surnames that sound like Tyree

Tyree has the Soundex code T600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T600.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tyree come from?: Shortened from McIntyre.
How common is the surname Tyree?: 9,613 people in the United States had the surname Tyree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,118 Americans. It ranked 3,695th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tyree?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Tyree identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tyree?: David Tyree, American football wide receiver.
Where is the surname Tyree most common?: Wikidata records people named Tyree in the United States.
Is the surname Tyree getting more or less common?: More common. 9,451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,613 in 2010, up 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Tyree?: Tirey.
Is Tyree also a first name?: Yes. Tyree is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.