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    The surname Yelverton

    An English place surname, carried by 2,318 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex Y416

    Yelverton: #13,186 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yelverton #13,186, 2,318 people Yelverton: #13,186 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yelverton #13,186, 2,318 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yelverton is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Middle English Elleford, from Old English ellen + ford, attested as Elverton in 1765.

    Yelverton 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 2,318 people named Yelverton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,195 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,287.

    #13,186
    rank among US surnames
    2,318
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,450)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,177Kennison2,320133,080
    #13,184Landman2,319133,137
    #13,186Moraga2,318133,195
    #13,190Pimental2,317133,252
    #13,195Rizzuto2,316133,310

    Who is named Yelverton

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

    64% of people named Yelverton identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Yelverton come from?
    From Middle English Elleford, from Old English ellen + ford, attested as Elverton in 1765.
    How common is the surname Yelverton?
    2,318 people in the United States had the surname Yelverton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,195 Americans. It ranked 13,186th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yelverton?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Yelverton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Yelverton?
    Yelverton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Yelverton getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,318 in 2010, up 1.4%.