How common is the surname Yawn?

2,507 people in the United States had the surname Yawn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,153 Americans. It ranked 12,399th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Yawn getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,510 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,507 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Yawn

A surname, carried by 2,507 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Y500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yawn is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

Americanized spelling of the German surname Jahn

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,507 people named Yawn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,153 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,510.

#12,399

rank among US surnames

2,507

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,505)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,393	Lovins	2,510	123,006
#12,395	Melia	2,509	123,055
#12,397	Banfield	2,508	123,104
#12,399	Lipman	2,507	123,153
#12,407	Keithley	2,506	123,203

Who is named Yawn

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

91% of people named Yawn identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Yawn

Yawn has the Soundex code Y500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y500.

Questions

Where does the surname Yawn come from?: Americanized spelling of the German surname Jahn
How common is the surname Yawn?: 2,507 people in the United States had the surname Yawn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,153 Americans. It ranked 12,399th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yawn?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Yawn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Yawn getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,510 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,507 in 2010, down 0.1%.