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    The surname Yocum

    A surname, carried by 6,504 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Y250

    Yocum: #5,353 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yocum #5,353, 6,504 people Yocum: #5,353 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yocum #5,353, 6,504 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yocum is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,504 people named Yocum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,470 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,338.

    #5,353
    rank among US surnames
    6,504
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,079)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,347Hermosillo6,50847,441
    #5,348Mohler6,50647,456
    #5,352Strait6,50547,463
    #5,353Rashid6,50447,470
    #5,355Ruble6,50347,477

    Who is named Yocum

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

    92% of people named Yocum identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Yocum

    Yocum 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 Yocum?
    6,504 people in the United States had the surname Yocum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,470 Americans. It ranked 5,353rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yocum?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Yocum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Yocum getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,504 in 2010, up 2.6%.