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The surname Yeary

A surname, carried by 2,818 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Y600

Yeary: #11,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yeary #11,223, 2,818 people Yeary: #11,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yeary #11,223, 2,818 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yeary is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,818 people named Yeary in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,562 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,838.

#11,223
rank among US surnames
2,818
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
-0.7%
change since 2000 (was #10,408)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,216Dennard2,819109,523
#11,223Yeary2,818109,562
#11,225Wolfgang2,817109,601
#11,226Rohrbach2,816109,640
#11,228Killinger2,815109,679
#11,229Berthiaume2,814109,718

Who is named Yeary

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

91% of people named Yeary identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Yeary?
2,818 people in the United States had the surname Yeary in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,562 Americans. It ranked 11,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yeary?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Yeary identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Yeary getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,838 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,818 in 2010, down 0.7%.