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    The surname Yarnall

    A surname, carried by 1,271 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Y654

    Yarnall: #20,780 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yarnall #20,780, 1,271 people Yarnall: #20,780 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yarnall #20,780, 1,271 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yarnall is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,271 people named Yarnall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,915 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,269.

    #20,780
    rank among US surnames
    1,271
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,657)

    Who is named Yarnall

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

    97% of people named Yarnall identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Yarnalls

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Celeste Yarnall
      American actress (1944-2018)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Yarnall

    Yarnall has the Soundex code Y654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y654.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Yarnall?
    1,271 people in the United States had the surname Yarnall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,915 Americans. It ranked 20,780th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yarnall?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Yarnall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Yarnall?
    Celeste Yarnall, American actress (1944-2018).
    Where is the surname Yarnall most common?
    Wikidata records people named Yarnall in the United States.
    Is the surname Yarnall getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,271 in 2010, up 0.2%.