# Yeoman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yeoman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,302 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,259 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 134,121 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (2,259 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Yeaman, Youman |

## Etymology

From yeoman.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yeoman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Yeoman in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Yeoman

- Owain Yeoman, British actor (born 1978)
- Robert Yeoman, American cinematographer

## Similar surnames

Younan, Yamane.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.