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    The surname Yoakum

    A surname, carried by 2,395 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Y250

    Yoakum: #12,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yoakum #12,856, 2,395 people Yoakum: #12,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yoakum #12,856, 2,395 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yoakum is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,395 people named Yoakum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,913 Americans. That is down 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,544.

    #12,856
    rank among US surnames
    2,395
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #11,371)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,850Camilo2,396128,859
    #12,856Cliff2,395128,913
    #12,861Hofmeister2,394128,966
    #12,865Wunder2,393129,020

    Who is named Yoakum

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

    87% of people named Yoakum identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Yoakum

    Yoakum has the Soundex code Y250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Yoakum?
    2,395 people in the United States had the surname Yoakum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,913 Americans. It ranked 12,856th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yoakum?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Yoakum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Yoakum getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,395 in 2010, down 5.9%.