How common is the surname Yardley?

2,350 people in the United States had the surname Yardley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,381 Americans. It ranked 13,065th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Yardley?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Yardley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Yardley?

George Yardley, American basketball player (1928–2004), followed by Herbert Yardley.

Where is the surname Yardley most common?

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

Is the surname Yardley getting more or less common?

More common. 2,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,350 in 2010, up 7.8%.

The surname Yardley

An English place surname, carried by 2,350 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Y634

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yardley is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Yardley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,350 people named Yardley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,381 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,179.

#13,065

rank among US surnames

2,350

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,929)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,057	Vowell	2,351	131,325
#13,065	Crownover	2,350	131,381
#13,073	Nutting	2,349	131,437

Who is named Yardley

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

92% of people named Yardley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Yardleys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Yardleys come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Yeardley

Yardley has the Soundex code Y634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y634.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Yardley come from?: From Old English ġerd (“stick, rod”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”). Equivalent to yard + -ley (“lea”).
How common is the surname Yardley?: 2,350 people in the United States had the surname Yardley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,381 Americans. It ranked 13,065th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yardley?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Yardley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Yardley?: George Yardley, American basketball player (1928–2004), followed by Herbert Yardley.
Where is the surname Yardley most common?: Wikidata records people named Yardley in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Yardley?: Yardley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Yardley getting more or less common?: More common. 2,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,350 in 2010, up 7.8%.
What are other spellings of Yardley?: Yeardley.