How common is the surname Yohn?

1,959 people in the United States had the surname Yohn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,604 Americans. It ranked 15,063rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Yohn?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Yohn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Yohn?

Erica Yohn, American actress (1928-2019).

Where is the surname Yohn most common?

Wikidata records people named Yohn in the United States.

Is the surname Yohn getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,959 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Yohn

A surname, carried by 1,959 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Y500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yohn is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,959 people named Yohn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,604 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,987.

#15,063

rank among US surnames

1,959

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #13,925)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,056	Goetsch	1,961	157,443
#15,060	Bien	1,960	157,523
#15,063	Yohn	1,959	157,604
#15,066	Mitra	1,958	157,684

Who is named Yohn

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

95% of people named Yohn identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Yohns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Erica Yohn
American actress (1928-2019)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Yohn

Yohn has the Soundex code Y500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y500.

Questions

How common is the surname Yohn?: 1,959 people in the United States had the surname Yohn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,604 Americans. It ranked 15,063rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yohn?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Yohn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Yohn?: Erica Yohn, American actress (1928-2019).
Where is the surname Yohn most common?: Wikidata records people named Yohn in the United States.
Is the surname Yohn getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,959 in 2010, down 1.4%.