O'Beirne

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin (“descendant of Bran”), a byname from bran (“raven”). See Byrne.

Proper noun

O'Beirne (plural O'Beirnes)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, O'Beirne is the 37180^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 600 individuals. O'Beirne is most common among White (91.0%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “O'Beirne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.