How common is the surname Yancy?

4,384 people in the United States had the surname Yancy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,426 Americans. It ranked 7,580th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Yancy getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,384 in 2010, down 1.0%.

Is Yancy also a first name?

Yes. Yancy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Yancy

A surname, carried by 4,384 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Y520 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yancy is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,384 people named Yancy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,426 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,429.

#7,580

rank among US surnames

4,384

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #6,977)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,572	Sunderland	4,387	70,377
#7,575	Devera	4,386	70,393
#7,578	Wideman	4,385	70,409
#7,580	Mars	4,384	70,426
#7,582	Vanhouten	4,383	70,442
#7,584	Wilfong	4,382	70,458

Who is named Yancy

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

54% of people named Yancy identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 54%
White (not Hispanic) 39%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Yancy

Yancy has the Soundex code Y520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y520.

Questions

How common is the surname Yancy?: 4,384 people in the United States had the surname Yancy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,426 Americans. It ranked 7,580th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yancy?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Yancy identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Yancy getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,384 in 2010, down 1.0%.
Is Yancy also a first name?: Yes. Yancy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.