Ireland is used as a family name or surname in Welsh. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ireland
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: A name given to a native of that island. Ireland signifies West-land, from the Gaelic Iar, the West, and the Teutonic land, Welsh, Llan, a clear place, a lawn

How popular is Ireland?

Ireland is common in United States.

Ireland is ranked 10592 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ireland bearers increased by 4.460757 per cent in 2010 US census to 14800 since 2000, the surname slipped by 103 spots and ranked at 2445. The last name was found in around 50 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.3 90.22
Black 6.86 6.37
Hispanic or Latino 2.34 1.2
Others 1.32 1.38
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61 0.51
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.56 0.32
Ireland is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 50691 people have been found who wears Ireland as their family name. Ireland is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
6,072 China7
1,346 Bermuda6
8,040 Guyana6
812 Monaco5
11,480 Japan4
27,602 Nigeria4
35,184 Poland3
108,034 Italy3
3,791 Namibia2
13,552 Qatar2
147,165 Czech Republic2
5,936 Bahrain2
723,167 Indonesia2
4,104 South Korea2
41,879 Turkey2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
1,235 Belize2
4,367 Afghanistan2
19,093 Finland2
20,186 Kenya2
34,681 Norway2
6,103 Cyprus2
12,844 Pakistan2
26,123 Malaysia2
23,434 Burkina Faso1
7,847 Albania1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
20,172 Hungary1
8,181 Botswana1
1,253 Burundi1
123,175 Tanzania1
4,249 Cambodia1
15,705 Cameroon1
25,721 Egypt1
9,591 Panama1
6,820 Angola1
3,952 Yemen1
21,562 Portugal1
10,958 Bangladesh1
36,814 Romania1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
38,830 Morocco1
3,307 Malta1
2,190 Barbados1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
5,553 Taiwan1
1,819 Laos1
17,575 Kuwait1
120,357 Argentina1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,292 Vietnam1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
305 Antigua and Barbuda41
46,461 Netherlands40
43,662 Belgium30
282,307 Russia27
36,547 Switzerland27
43,584 Zimbabwe24
11,685 Singapore24
3,873 Thailand24
1,163 Jersey17
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
92,589 Brazil79
31,348 Spain78
Countries with hundreds of Ireland:
471 Northern Ireland703
805 Wales474
6,557 Ghana399
31,047 Germany336
3,534 Chile297
40,824 France245
1,644 Jamaica161
1,581 Hong Kong154
7,471 United Arab Emirates130
155,583 India107
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Ireland:
784 England9,260
508 Australia5,812
1,107 Canada4,523
263 Ireland3,101
2,784 South Africa2,338
402 Liberia1,607
627 Scotland1,352
497 New Zealand1,302
Countries with ten thousands of Ireland:
2,269 United States17,750
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Richard Ireland from Ireland aboard the Marmion from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 28 years old when he arrived in New-York on May 25, 1846. 40 years old Julia Ireland, George Ireland (24) Workman, 25 years old George Ireland, U Ireland (18) Spinster, Dorah Ireland, aged 17, 40 years old Richard Ireland, 21 years old Thomas Ireland, 17 years old Jane Ireland, and 47 other Ireland around 48% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, farm servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and Belfast.

Ireland Namesakes

  • In 2020 drama movie, God Made Man, Samantha Ireland portrayed Beth.
  • James Ireland played crucial role of Hot Dog Vendor in 2011 drama movie Between Hell and a Heartbeat.

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