# Yardley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yardley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,350 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,065 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 131,381 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.8% (2,179 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Yeardley |

## Etymology

From Old English ġerd (“stick, rod”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”). Equivalent to yard + -ley (“lea”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yardley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Yardley in the United States and Australia.

## People named Yardley

- George Yardley, American basketball player (1928–2004)
- Herbert Yardley, American cryptographer (1889–1958)
- Bruce Yardley, Australian cricketer (1947-2019)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.