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    The surname Yeates

    A surname, carried by 1,866 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Y320

    Yeates: #15,651 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yeates #15,651, 1,866 people Yeates: #15,651 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yeates #15,651, 1,866 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yeates is more common than 90.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,866 people named Yeates in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,458 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,668.

    #15,651
    rank among US surnames
    1,866
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.9%
    change since 2000 (was #15,984)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,647Epling1,867165,370
    #15,651Brunt1,866165,458
    #15,658Matzke1,865165,547

    Who is named Yeates

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

    89% of people named Yeates identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Yeates

    Yeates has the Soundex code Y320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Yeates?
    1,866 people in the United States had the surname Yeates in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,458 Americans. It ranked 15,651st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yeates?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Yeates identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Yeates getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,668 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,866 in 2010, up 12%.