How common is the surname Yantis?

1,122 people in the United States had the surname Yantis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,174 Americans. It ranked 22,827th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Yantis?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Yantis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Yantis getting more or less common?

More common. 1,013 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,122 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Yantis

A German surname, carried by 1,122 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Y532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yantis is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized form of German Janz.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,122 people named Yantis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 275,174 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,013.

#22,827

rank among US surnames

1,122

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+10.8%

change since 2000 (was #23,411)

Who is named Yantis

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

90% of people named Yantis identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Yantis

Yonts

Yantis has the Soundex code Y532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y532.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Yantis come from?: Americanized form of German Janz.
How common is the surname Yantis?: 1,122 people in the United States had the surname Yantis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,174 Americans. It ranked 22,827th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yantis?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Yantis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Yantis getting more or less common?: More common. 1,013 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,122 in 2010, up 11%.