How common is the surname Ye?

9,839 people in the United States had the surname Ye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,380 Americans. It ranked 3,609th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ye?

Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan, Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio, followed by Carissa Yip.

Where is the surname Ye most common?

Wikidata records people named Ye in Taiwan and the United States.

Is the surname Ye getting more or less common?

More common. 4,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,839 in 2010, up 106%.

Is Ye also a first name?

Yes. Ye is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Ye

A Chinese surname, carried by 9,839 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Y000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ye is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

Romanization of the Chinese surname 葉 /叶 (Yè).

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,839 people named Ye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,380 Americans. That is up 106% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,786.

#3,609

rank among US surnames

9,839

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+105.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,535)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,600	Mackay	9,886	31,231
#3,601	Thiel	9,880	31,250
#3,602	Agnew	9,856	31,326
#3,603	Aceves	9,854	31,332
#3,604	Jay	9,852	31,338
#3,605	McCarter	9,849	31,348
#3,606	Lebron	9,843	31,367

Who is named Ye

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

97% of people named Ye identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
White (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Yes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan
Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio, born 1941
Carissa Yip
American chess player, born 2003

Notable Yes come mostly from Taiwan (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ye

Ye has the Soundex code Y000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y000.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ye come from?: Romanization of the Chinese surname 葉 /叶 (Yè).
How common is the surname Ye?: 9,839 people in the United States had the surname Ye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,380 Americans. It ranked 3,609th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ye?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ye identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ye?: Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan, Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio, followed by Carissa Yip.
Where is the surname Ye most common?: Wikidata records people named Ye in Taiwan and the United States.
Is the surname Ye getting more or less common?: More common. 4,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,839 in 2010, up 106%.
Is Ye also a first name?: Yes. Ye is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.