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    The surname Yell

    A surname, carried by 735 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Y400

    Yell: #31,482 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Yell #31,482, 735 people Yell: #31,482 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Yell #31,482, 735 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yell is more common than 80.6% of them.

    Origin

    The name of the Shetland Island is from Pictish, cognate with Welsh iâl (“pastureland”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *yalom (“clearing”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 735 people named Yell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 420,062 Americans. That is down 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 760.

    #31,482
    rank among US surnames
    735
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #29,325)

    Who is named Yell

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

    79% of people named Yell identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Yells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Archibald Yell
      2nd governor of Arkansas (1797-1847)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Yell

    Yell has the Soundex code Y400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Yell come from?
    The name of the Shetland Island is from Pictish, cognate with Welsh iâl (“pastureland”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *yalom (“clearing”).
    How common is the surname Yell?
    735 people in the United States had the surname Yell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 420,062 Americans. It ranked 31,482nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yell?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Yell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Yell?
    Archibald Yell, 2nd governor of Arkansas (1797-1847).
    Where is the surname Yell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Yell in the United States.
    Is the surname Yell getting more or less common?
    Less common. 760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 735 in 2010, down 3.3%.