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    The surname Yocom

    A Hebrew surname, carried by 1,653 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Y250

    Yocom: #17,142 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yocom #17,142, 1,653 people Yocom: #17,142 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yocom #17,142, 1,653 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yocom is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    Hebrew origin

    Americanized form of Joachim.

    One of 51 Hebrew surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,653 people named Yocom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 186,779 Americans. That is down 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,761.

    #17,142
    rank among US surnames
    1,653
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,317)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,135Godby1,654186,666
    #17,142Ally1,653186,779
    #17,151Endo1,652186,892

    Who is named Yocom

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

    94% of people named Yocom identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Yocom

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

    Other Hebrew surnames

    All 51 Hebrew surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Yocom come from?
    Americanized form of Joachim.
    How common is the surname Yocom?
    1,653 people in the United States had the surname Yocom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 186,779 Americans. It ranked 17,142nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yocom?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Yocom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Yocom getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,761 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,653 in 2010, down 6.1%.