How common is the surname Yon?

2,969 people in the United States had the surname Yon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,990 Americans. It ranked 10,748th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Yon?

In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Yon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Yon getting more or less common?

More common. 2,833 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,969 in 2010, up 4.8%.

Is Yon also a first name?

Yes. Yon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Yon

A surname, carried by 2,969 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). Yon is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

From French Yon, from the Latin personal name Ionis. Ionis was also named as a daughter of Ἴναχος (Ínakhos), see Ἰώ (Iṓ).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,969 people named Yon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,990 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,833.

#10,748

rank among US surnames

2,969

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,421)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,739	Arends	2,972	103,885
#10,743	Fifer	2,971	103,920
#10,747	Manos	2,970	103,955
#10,748	Hocking	2,969	103,990
#10,751	Caffey	2,968	104,025
#10,755	Moloney	2,967	104,060
#10,756	Bellard	2,966	104,095

Who is named Yon

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

57% of people named Yon identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 57%
Asian and Pacific Islander 18%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.5%
Two or more races 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Yeon
Yong

Surnames that sound like Yon

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

Questions

Where does the surname Yon come from?: From French Yon, from the Latin personal name Ionis. Ionis was also named as a daughter of Ἴναχος (Ínakhos), see Ἰώ (Iṓ).
How common is the surname Yon?: 2,969 people in the United States had the surname Yon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,990 Americans. It ranked 10,748th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yon?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Yon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Yon getting more or less common?: More common. 2,833 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,969 in 2010, up 4.8%.
What are other spellings of Yon?: Yeon and Yong.
Is Yon also a first name?: Yes. Yon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.