The surname Yam
A Chinese surname, carried by 1,808 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex Y500
Origin
Chinese origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 任 (jam4).
One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,808 people named Yam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,766 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,382.
Who is named Yam
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
82% of people named Yam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 82%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.6%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.3%
- Two or more races 2.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Yam
Yam has the Soundex code Y500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y500.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Yam come from?
- Borrowed from Cantonese 任 (jam4).
- How common is the surname Yam?
- 1,808 people in the United States had the surname Yam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,766 Americans. It ranked 16,041st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Yam?
- In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Yam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Yam getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,808 in 2010, up 31%.