Byrn Surname
Approximately 1,035 people bear this surname
Byrn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 902 | 1:401,839 | 35,135 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 36 | 1:123,052 | 7,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 41 | 1:594,521 | 30,269 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:178,248 | 6,976 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 423 | 1:118,720 | 11,620 |
Byrn (62) may also be a first name.
Byrn Demographics
Byrn Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Byrn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Byrn Come From? nationality or country of origin
Byrn occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Byrn click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Byrn? popularity and diffusion
Byrn is the 352,108th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 7,041,107 people. The last name Byrn is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Byrn live; 89 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America. Byrn is also the 1,246,114th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 62 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 902 people, or 1 in 401,839. In The United States Byrn is most numerous in: Indiana, where 11 percent are found, Tennessee, where 10 percent are found and Texas, where 10 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Byrn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Byrn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Byrn last name grew 213 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 57 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it declined 78 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Byrn Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (72%) in Ireland.
In The United States Byrn are 20.95% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.72% registered with the party.
The amount Byrn earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.92% less than the national average, earning $42,322 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.92% less than the national average, earning $40,780 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Byrn
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