How common is the surname Yeo?

2,805 people in the United States had the surname Yeo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,070 Americans. It ranked 11,272nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Yeo getting more or less common?

More common. 2,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,805 in 2010, up 28%.

The surname Yeo

A surname, carried by 2,805 people in the United States.

Pronounced /jəʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex Y000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yeo is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Borrowed from Hokkien 楊／杨 (Iûⁿ, Iôⁿ), Teochew 楊／杨 (ion5), Teochew 姚 (io5), etc.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,805 people named Yeo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,070 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,194.

#11,272

rank among US surnames

2,805

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+27.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,858)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,264	Buskirk	2,807	109,991
#11,269	Eckard	2,806	110,030
#11,272	Yeo	2,805	110,070
#11,273	Gallman	2,804	110,109
#11,275	Keese	2,802	110,188
#11,279	Wilford	2,801	110,227

Who is named Yeo

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

56% of people named Yeo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 56%
White (not Hispanic) 38%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Yeo

Yeo has the Soundex code Y000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y000.

Questions

Where does the surname Yeo come from?: Borrowed from Hokkien 楊／杨 (Iûⁿ, Iôⁿ), Teochew 楊／杨 (ion5), Teochew 姚 (io5), etc.
How common is the surname Yeo?: 2,805 people in the United States had the surname Yeo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,070 Americans. It ranked 11,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yeo?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Yeo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Yeo?: Yeo is /jəʊ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Yeo getting more or less common?: More common. 2,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,805 in 2010, up 28%.