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O'byrne Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin (see Byrne).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: O'beirne, Byrne, O'brien, O'hare, O'kane, O'boyle, O'ryan, O'berry

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You can see how O'byrne families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O'byrne family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1861 and 1920. The most O'byrne families were found in USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 27 O'byrne families living in New York. This was about 17% of all the recorded O'byrne's in USA. New York had the highest population of O'byrne families in 1880.
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