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    The surname Yeaton

    An English place surname, carried by 1,198 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Y350

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yeaton is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English ēa (“river, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Yeaton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,198 people named Yeaton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,717 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,161.

    #21,717
    rank among US surnames
    1,198
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,088)

    Who is named Yeaton

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

    92% of people named Yeaton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Yeatons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jessica Yeaton
      Australian female cross-country skier, born 1991

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Yeaton come from?
    From Old English ēa (“river, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Yeaton?
    1,198 people in the United States had the surname Yeaton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,717 Americans. It ranked 21,717th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yeaton?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Yeaton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Yeaton?
    Jessica Yeaton, Australian female cross-country skier.
    Where is the surname Yeaton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Yeaton in Australia.
    What type of surname is Yeaton?
    Yeaton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Yeaton getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,198 in 2010, up 3.2%.