The Irion surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,125 people carried this name — #22,770 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,091 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
105 people named Irion live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Irion.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Irion 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Irion,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alfred Briggs Irion 1833–1903 · judge -
Carl Irion 1878–1962 · engineer
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Wolf Irion 1909–1981 · architect
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Eckart Irion 1937– · chemist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Irion.
- Iparraguirre 236 · U.S. census
- Ippolito 4,246 · U.S. census
- Iraola 339 · U.S. census
- Iriarte 977 · U.S. census
- Iribarren 311 · U.S. census
- Irigoyen 1,389 · U.S. census
- Iris 245 · U.S. census
- Irr 160 · U.S. census
- Isaac 18,903 · U.S. census
- Isabel 1,122 · U.S. census
- Isabelle 1,154 · U.S. census
- Isac 190 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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