Explore the Family Name Antrim

The meaning of Antrim

Cornish (Middlesex and Surrey): variant of Antram, altered by false association with the name of the county in Northern Ireland.

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How common is the last name Antrim in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Antrim has seen a slight decrease in popularity ranking from 2000 to 2010, moving from rank 16,721 to rank 16,993. This represents a negative change of 1.63 percent. The count of individuals with this surname, however, increased by 6.16 percent during the same period, growing from 1,575 to 1,672. The proportion of the population bearing the Antrim name remained fairly consistent, dropping only slightly from 0.58 per 100,000 people to 0.57.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#16,721	#16,993	-1.63%
Count	1,575	1,672	6.16%
Proportion per 100k	0.58	0.57	-1.72%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Antrim

Regarding ethnic identity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals bearing the surname Antrim identified as White, with a slight decline from 95.87 percent in 2000 to 94.26 percent in 2010. The second most common ethnicity was "Two or more races," which nearly doubled from 1.08 percent to 2.15 percent over the decade. Hispanic identification also saw significant growth, increasing by 55.48 percent. The percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Black saw minor changes, with a small increase for the former and a small decrease for the latter. The percentage of those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native dropped significantly, decreasing by 52.38 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.87%	94.26%	-1.68%
Hispanic	1.46%	2.27%	55.48%
Two or More Races	1.08%	2.15%	99.07%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.63%	0.72%	14.29%
Black	0.32%	0.3%	-6.25%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.63%	0.3%	-52.38%