"O' Brien" Surname
Surnames That Sort Like "O' Brien"
Histopolis sorts surnames ignoring any capitalization, spaces, accents or punctuation in the name. Histopolis sorts "O' Brien" as "obrien" and the following surnames sort the same way (meaning they are spelled the same but differ only by capitalization, spaces, accents or punctuation).
Frequency of "O' Brien" Surname in the US
2010 US Census
According to the US Census Bureau, "Obrien" ranked #258 in frequency out of 162,253 surnames for which statistics were released from the 2010 Census. 118,557 people, or approximately 1 in every 2,488 individuals in the US had this surname in 2010.
| Name | Rank | Count | Percent | |||||
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| White | Black | American Indian/ Alaskan Native |
Asian/ Pacific Islander |
Two or More Races |
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| "Obrien" | 258 | 118,557 | 93.85% | 1.29% | 0.37% | 0.76% | 1.42% | 2.32% |
| US Top 162,253 | 294,979,229 | 64.3% | 12.0% | 4.9% | 0.7% | 1.8% | 16.3% | |
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2010", US Census Bureau.
2000 US Census
According to the US Census Bureau, "Obrien" ranked #234 in frequency out of 151,671 surnames for which statistics were released from the 2000 Census. 115,385 people, or approximately 1 in every 2,338 individuals in the US had this surname in 2000.
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| White | Black | American Indian/ Alaskan Native |
Asian/ Pacific Islander |
Two or More Races |
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| "Obrien" | 234 | 115,385 | 95.31% | 1.13% | 0.33% | 0.53% | 1.18% | 1.52% |
| US Top 151,671 | 269,762,087 | 69.8% | 11.8% | 0.7% | 3.7% | 1.7% | 12.3% | |
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000", US Census Bureau.
1990 US Census
Accoring to the US Census Bureau, "Obrien" ranked #281 in frequency out of 88,799 surnames for which statistics were released from the 1990 Census. Approximately 1 in every 2,564 individuals in the US had this surname in 1990.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 1990 Census", US Census Bureau.
"O' Brien" Graves on Histopolis
Histopolis currently has 1 grave(s) with the surname "O' Brien".
Search the Histopols Grave Index for the surname "O' Brien".
Resource Links for "O' Brien"
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distantcousin.com/SurnameResources/Surname.asp?Surname=O'Brien
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www.searchforancestors.com/surnames/origin/o/obrien.php (9 Oct 2010)Find the meaning and origin of the O'Brien surname / last name in this family name dictionary. Family History Ideas.
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www.surnames.behindthename.com/php/browse.php?letter=o (2 Feb 2011)The meaning and history of first names.
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distantcousin.com/SurnameResources/Surname.asp?Surname=Obrien
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Surnames that Sound Like "O' Brien"
The surname "O' Brien" has a Soundex code of O165. The following 136 surname(s) may sound similar to "O' Brien" since they share the same Soundex code.
