Obrien is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Obrien
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Obrien

How popular is Obrien?

Obrien is common in United States.

Obrien is ranked 4588 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Obrien bearers increased by 2.749058 per cent in 2010 US census to 118557 since 2000, the surname slipped by 24 spots and ranked at 258. The last name was found in around 402 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.85 95.31
Hispanic or Latino 2.32 1.52
Others 1.42 1.18
Black 1.29 1.13
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.76 0.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.37 0.33
OBrien is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 118782 people have been found who wears OBrien as their family name. OBrien is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,340 Iceland6
23,739 Nigeria5
11,480 Japan4
949 Belize3
1,817 Marshall Islands3
14,054 China3
4,164 Vietnam2
5,217 Zambia2
4,367 Afghanistan2
35 Tuvalu2
37,372 Georgia2
14,408 Uruguay2
28,083 Romania2
1,777 Jersey2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
65,594 Belgium2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
3,791 Namibia2
6,353 Panama2
7,574 Bangladesh2
34,681 Norway2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
3,586 Honduras1
2,057 Isle of Man1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
49,529 Israel1
1,970 Grenada1
846 American Samoa1
9,116 Nicaragua1
2,578 Guam1
531 Greenland1
25,746 Finland1
2,190 Barbados1
746 Dominica1
16,228 Bulgaria1
17,236 Ghana1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
15,162 Costa Rica1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
24,421 Slovakia1
7,895 South Korea1
21,562 Portugal1
5,553 Taiwan1
11,510 Oman1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
2,333 Montenegro1
3,307 Malta1
40,340 Malaysia1
6,688 Malawi1
4,942 Libya1
16,073 Latvia1
3,952 Yemen1
17,575 Kuwait1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
16,483 Chile45
659 The Bahamas42
13,773 Denmark39
28,564 Switzerland36
4,755 Trinidad and Tobago24
42,407 Sweden22
353,279 Russia19
886 United States Virgin Islands18
5,663 Thailand18
54,540 Czech Republic18
69,202 Netherlands18
308,934 Indonesia18
15,050 Singapore18
552 Bermuda16
84,957 Spain15
220,909 Ukraine12
5,704 Guyana11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,858 Hong Kong83
92,589 Brazil79
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
218,658 India61
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Obrien:
11,329 Mexico393
16,752 South Africa365
2,095 Scotland341
31,047 Germany336
1,201 Wales327
17,266 Argentina314
13,426 Kenya314
7,190 Peru299
1,132 Northern Ireland262
39,199 Philippines258
4,084 Ecuador230
3,988 New Zealand192
8,460 Venezuela176
722 Fiji170
61,459 France159
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
2,171 Jamaica107
12,545 Austria105
9,561 Colombia105
Countries with thousands of Obrien:
1,795 England4,436
885 Australia3,515
251 Ireland3,265
3,011 Canada1,579
Countries with hundred thousands of Obrien:
312 United States100,505
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Obrien Namesakes

  • Edel OBrien, Film director
  • Honey OBrien, Actress
  • OB OBrien, Rapper
  • Evan Obrien, Film Score Composer
  • Honey OBrien, Actress
  • Peggy Obrien, Actress
  • Edel OBrien, Film director
  • Adam OBrien, Film director
  • Richard T Obrien, Businessperson
  • Jason Obrien characterized leading role of Kevin in 2011 horror film The Walk with Darkness.

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