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    The surname Yazzie

    A Navajo surname, carried by 14,949 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Y200

    Yazzie: #2,424 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Yazzie #2,424, 14,949 people Yazzie: #2,424 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yazzie #2,424, 14,949 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yazzie is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    Navajo origin

    Borrowed from Navajo, from Navajo yázhí (“little one”), a commonly adopted surname when the BIA required Native Americans to take surnames for the purpose of official records.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,949 people named Yazzie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,653 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,915.

    #2,424
    rank among US surnames
    14,949
    people in 2010
    5.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,386)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,415Starkey15,00420,578
    #2,416Lind14,99020,597
    #2,417Waggoner14,98320,606
    #2,418Gannon14,98120,609
    #2,419Meek14,97020,624
    #2,420Puente14,96620,630
    #2,421Bail14,95720,642

    Who is named Yazzie

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

    95% of people named Yazzie identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • American Indian and Alaska Native 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among American Indian and Alaska Native people.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Yazzie come from?
    Borrowed from Navajo, from Navajo yázhí (“little one”), a commonly adopted surname when the BIA required Native Americans to take surnames for the purpose of official records.
    How common is the surname Yazzie?
    14,949 people in the United States had the surname Yazzie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,653 Americans. It ranked 2,424th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yazzie?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Yazzie identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Yazzie getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,915 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,949 in 2010, up 7.4%.