How rare is the last name Ireland?

14,401 people in the United States have the last name Ireland, about 1 in 20,755. It ranks #2,448 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

IRELAND

#2,448

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,401
About
1 in 20,755
This common or more
50.2%
Who bears it

Of the 14,401 people with the last name Ireland, 85.3% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as Black and 3.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ireland

#2,446 Skelton · 14,405#2,447 Mota · 14,402#2,449 Horvath · 14,389#2,450 Pantoja · 14,387

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ireland, most common first.

#26,162 Irelan · 984#66,015 Irland · 324#129,703 Irlanda · 137

Also a first name

As a first name, Ireland ranks #3,721 of 53,615, with 5,437 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2009, with 353 births. See Ireland as a first name

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