How common is the surname Yearwood?

3,085 people in the United States had the surname Yearwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,080 Americans. It ranked 10,429th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Yearwood?

Trisha Yearwood, American country singer.

Where is the surname Yearwood most common?

Wikidata records people named Yearwood in the United States.

Is the surname Yearwood getting more or less common?

More common. 2,945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,085 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Yearwood

A surname, carried by 3,085 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Y630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yearwood is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,085 people named Yearwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,080 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,945.

#10,429

rank among US surnames

3,085

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,088)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,422	Pyne	3,089	99,950
#10,424	Boots	3,087	100,015
#10,427	Belew	3,086	100,047
#10,429	Yearwood	3,085	100,080
#10,434	Dineen	3,083	100,145
#10,437	Dyess	3,082	100,177

Who is named Yearwood

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

50% of people named Yearwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 50%
Black (not Hispanic) 39%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.3%
Two or more races 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Yearwoods

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Trisha Yearwood
American country singer, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Yearwood

Yarwood

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

Questions

How common is the surname Yearwood?: 3,085 people in the United States had the surname Yearwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,080 Americans. It ranked 10,429th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yearwood?: In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Yearwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Yearwood?: Trisha Yearwood, American country singer.
Where is the surname Yearwood most common?: Wikidata records people named Yearwood in the United States.
Is the surname Yearwood getting more or less common?: More common. 2,945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,085 in 2010, up 4.8%.