The surname Yelton
A surname, carried by 2,659 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex Y435
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,659 people named Yelton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,113 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,516.
#11,783
rank among US surnames
2,659
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+5.7%
change since 2000 (was #11,480)
Who is named Yelton
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Yelton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Questions
- How common is the surname Yelton?
- 2,659 people in the United States had the surname Yelton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,113 Americans. It ranked 11,783rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Yelton?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Yelton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Yelton getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,659 in 2010, up 5.7%.