The Byrne surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 29,503 people carried this name — #1,198 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 28,963 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Byrne surname
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin (“descendant of Bran”), a personal name based on bran (“raven”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Byrne» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 734 births for the Byrne name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 32,600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 19 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 251 people named Byrne live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
84 people named Byrne live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
66 people named Byrne have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 173 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 43 people named Byrne.
Most of them — 36 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Oise.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Byrne live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
131 people named Byrne are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Scotland’s registers today
Byrne was recorded 82 times in Scotland’s registers of births, marriages and deaths in 2025.
That made it the 318th most common name in those registers, shared with others on the same count. In 1975, the first year of the series, the count was 108. Each birth counts the child’s surname, each marriage both partners’ and each death the surname of the person who died — a yearly count of registrations, not of the people who live in Scotland.
National Records of Scotland, «Most Common Surnames, 2025» (published 26 May 2026): every surname recorded 10 or more times in the 2025 registers, and the series from 1975 · different spellings are counted separately — © Crown copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
In print
Byrne in American newspapers,
1903–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,644 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Byrne in Australian newspapers,
1810s–2010s.
197,251 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Byrne. The most, 34,058, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.4 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Byrne.
Who carried it
People named Byrne,
with a public archive behind them.
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Myles Byrne 1780–1862 · rebel -
Patrick Byrne 1783–1864 · architect -
Patrick Byrne 1794–1863 · musician -
Thomas Sebastian Byrne 1841–1923 · Catholic priest -
Frank Byrne 1848–1894 · revolutionary
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Patrick Byrne: Brendan Grimes is a lecturer in the School of Architecture, Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 207 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Byrne,
in the records of 9 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States14,744 records
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5,534
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3,778
- Other U.S. records 5,432
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record John Patrick ByrneBorn 1949; from Sayreville, New Jersey. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Patrick J. ByrneBorn 1909 in Irish Free State. Enlisted 1941 at Jamaica, New York; elevator operator. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Annie ByrneArrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 35; servant. From Queenstown, Ireland; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 14,744 records for Byrne in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia5,978 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2,236
- Queensland State Archives indexes 1,159
- Other Australian records 2,583
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Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record Mary ByrneTransported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the John Calvin, sailing from London in 1848. Native of Wicklow. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1850.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) -
Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record Mary ByrneTransported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Blackfriar, sailing from Kingston in 1851. Native of Wexford. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1855. Married 1855 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 25.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) -
Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record Peter ByrneTransported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Lord Dalhousie, sailing from Cork in 1852. Native of Wexford. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1854.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 5,978 records for Byrne in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).
Canada237 records
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 172
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial 22
- Other Canadian records 43
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Example: civil register, 1880 Civil record George ByrneKilled in 1923 at the Allan Mine, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Martin ByrneCame to Ontario in 1878 aboard the Ontario, landing at Quebec, bound for London, Ontario; English.
Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Michael ByrneBuried in 1957 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 50.
Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
Showing 3 of 237 records for Byrne in Canada.
Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
United Kingdom126 records
- War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 74
- St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 37
- Other British records 15
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Gary ByrneDied 1993, aged 27; buried at Drymen Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.
Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Mary Elizabeth ByrneWill proved in 1907; of Beaumaris, Anglesea.
National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Ann ByrneBuried in 1818 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 88.
MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Showing 3 of 126 records for Byrne in the United Kingdom.
Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
New Zealand76 records
- Christchurch City cemetery records 66
- Marlborough District cemetery records 3
- Other New Zealand records 7
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Joseph Michael ByrneBorn 1926, died 1989; buried at Kaiapoi Public Cemetery, Canterbury.
Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Joseph Haughton ByrneDied 1989, aged 79; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.
Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record John ByrneDied 1893, aged 35; buried at Omaka Cemetery, Marlborough.
Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 76 records for Byrne in New Zealand.
Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
Ireland67 records
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Honoria ByrneDied 1888, aged 70; buried at Kilcummin, Co. Galway.
Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Mary ByrneDied 1942, aged 51; buried at Kilgevrin/Liskeavy, Co. Galway.
Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Norah ByrneDied 1902, aged 70; buried at Lackagh (Old), Co. Galway.
Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 67 records for Byrne in Ireland.
Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
France10 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marie Catherine ByrneBorn 1894 in Pau; died 1972 in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record John Edward ByrneBorn 1908 in Compiègne; died 1982 in Méru (Oise).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 2 of 10 records for Byrne in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Netherlands5 records
- Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
- Dutch population registers 2
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Lawrence James ByrneMarried in 1947 in Velsen; musician.
Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 1 of 5 records for Byrne in the Netherlands.
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).
Belgium1 record
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Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Elisabeth ByrneDied 1873 in Kortijk.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Kortrijk (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Byrne.
- Byerly 5,661 · U.S. census
- Byers 32,174 · U.S. census
- Byl 443 · U.S. census
- Byler 13,230 · U.S. census
- Bynum 16,166 · U.S. census
- Byrd 92,904 · U.S. census
- Byrnes 11,039 · U.S. census
- Byron 6,610 · U.S. census
- Byrum 5,637 · U.S. census
- Cabal 752 · U.S. census
- Caballero 28,903 · U.S. census
- Caban 5,974 · U.S. census
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