Explore the Family Name Tyrie

The meaning of Tyrie

1. Scottish (Angus and Glasgow): habitational name from Tyrie (Perthshire) or Tyrie (Aberdeenshire). The placenames are from Gaelic tìr ‘(arable) land’ + a placename forming suffix (perhaps) ‐in. 2. English (of Norman origin): variant of Terry.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Tyrie was ranked 68,569th in popularity in the year 2000, with 268 individuals carrying this last name. However, by 2010, the popularity had dropped to a ranking of 80,131, with 237 individuals identified with the Tyrie surname, marking an approximately 12% decrease in count from the previous decade. The proportion of people with the Tyrie surname per 100k also saw a decline of 20% from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.08 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#68,569	#80,131	-16.86%
Count	268	237	-11.57%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.08	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Tyrie

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the Tyrie surname, the majority in both 2000 and 2010 were White, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, 96.64% of individuals with the Tyrie surname identified as White, though this figure decreased by about 7.44% to 89.45% in 2010. There was no recorded Asian/Pacific Islander or Hispanic ethnicity associated with the Tyrie surname in 2000, but by 2010, 2.11% identified as Asian/Pacific Islander while the Hispanic ethnicity remained at 0%. The percentage identifying with two or more races slightly dipped from 2.24% to 2.11%, while those identifying as Black emerged at 4.22% in 2010 from 0% in 2000. No individuals with the Tyrie surname identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.64%	89.45%	-7.44%
Black	0%	4.22%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	2.11%	0%
Two or More Races	2.24%	2.11%	-5.8%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%