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    The surname Yarbro

    A surname, carried by 1,305 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Y616

    Yarbro: #20,364 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yarbro #20,364, 1,305 people Yarbro: #20,364 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yarbro #20,364, 1,305 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yarbro is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,305 people named Yarbro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,304.

    #20,364
    rank among US surnames
    1,305
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,242)

    Who is named Yarbro

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

    82% of people named Yarbro identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    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 Yarbro

    Yarbro has the Soundex code Y616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y616.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Yarbro?
    1,305 people in the United States had the surname Yarbro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. It ranked 20,364th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yarbro?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Yarbro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Yarbro getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,304 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,305 in 2010, up 0.1%.