The surname Yanez
A Spanish patronymic surname, carried by 25,563 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex Y520
Origin
Spanish origin
Patronymic surname borrowed from Spanish Yáñez.
Yanez is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 25,563 people named Yanez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,078 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,950.
Who is named Yanez
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Yanez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Two or more races 0.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Yanez has the Soundex code Y520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y520.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Yanez come from?
- Patronymic surname borrowed from Spanish Yáñez.
- How common is the surname Yanez?
- 25,563 people in the United States had the surname Yanez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,078 Americans. It ranked 1,385th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Yanez?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Yanez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Yanez?
- Yanez is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Yanez getting more or less common?
- More common. 17,950 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,563 in 2010, up 42%.