How rare is the last name Irish?

7,094 people in the United States have the last name Irish, about 1 in 42,134. It ranks #4,832 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

IRISH

#4,832

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,094
About
1 in 42,134
This common or more
58.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,094 people with the last name Irish, 85.2% reported their origin as White, 5.1% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Irish

#4,828 Laplante · 7,096#4,828 Quiles · 7,096#4,833 Speed · 7,092#4,834 Ogrady · 7,088

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Irish, most common first.

#68,391 Iris · 310

Also a first name

As a first name, Irish ranks #8,058 of 53,615, with 1,825 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1960, with 45 births. See Irish as a first name

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