Cyrus

Cyrus is the 7,186th most common surname in the United States, shared by 4,485 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 66,600.

By the numbers

People: 4,485
Rank: 7,186th
How common: 1 in 66,600
Per 100,000: 1.5

Where the name comes from

from Ancient Greek Κῦρος, from peo 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁. As a saints' name it has been identified by folk etymology with Ancient Greek κύριος (“lord”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Cyrus described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 54.5%
Black, not Hispanic 34.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Cyrus

Miley Cyrus (born 1992)American singer, actress, and television personality
Billy Ray Cyrus (born 1961)American country singer and actor
Noah Cyrus (born 2000)American singer and actress
Trace Cyrus (born 1989)American musician

People named Cyrus with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Cyrus

Also a first name

Cyrus has been given to 29,286 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2024. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.