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Where Does The Last Name Birney Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Birney is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Birney? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 145,943^rd most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,397,219 people. The last name Birney occurs mostly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Birney reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 58 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Birney is also the 587,225^th most frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 233 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 1,997 people, or 1 in 181,502. In The United States Birney is mostly concentrated in: Kansas, where 8 percent live, Maryland, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Barring The United States Birney is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 9 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.

Birney Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Birney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Birney surname increased 290 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 110 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 252 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,091 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 225 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Birney Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Birney last name is primarily Catholic (42%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Birney surname are 20.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.54% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Birney earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.2% more than the national average, earning $47,552 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.3% more than the national average, earning $49,832 CAD per year.