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    The surname Yarwood

    An English place surname, carried by 488 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Y630

    Yarwood: #44,109 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Yarwood #44,109, 488 people Yarwood: #44,109 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Yarwood #44,109, 488 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yarwood is more common than 72.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Two main origins: * Habitational surname from a place in Cheshire, from Old English earn (“eagle”) + wudu (“wood”). * Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Iorwerth, composed by the elements ior (“lord”) + berth (“handsome”).

    Yarwood 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 488 people named Yarwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 632,675 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 452.

    #44,109
    rank among US surnames
    488
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #44,738)

    Who is named Yarwood

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

    89% of people named Yarwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Yarwood

    Yarwood has the Soundex code Y630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y630.

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Yarwood come from?
    Two main origins: * Habitational surname from a place in Cheshire, from Old English earn (“eagle”) + wudu (“wood”). * Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Iorwerth, composed by the elements ior (“lord”) + berth (“handsome”).
    How common is the surname Yarwood?
    488 people in the United States had the surname Yarwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 632,675 Americans. It ranked 44,109th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yarwood?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Yarwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Yarwood?
    Yarwood is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Yarwood getting more or less common?
    More common. 452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 488 in 2010, up 8.0%.
    What are other spellings of Yarwood?
    Earwood.