# Yoon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yoon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Korean.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Korean |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,936 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,287 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,374 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (11,563 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 윤(尹) (Yun).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yoon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 96% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Yoon in South Korea and the United States.

## People named Yoon

- Yun Po-sun, 2nd President of South Korea (1897-1990)
- Victorinus Youn Kong-hi, Archbishop of Gwangju
- Joseph Y. Yun, American diplomat

## Similar surnames

Yon, Yohn, Youn, Yan, Yun, Yuan, Yuen, Yin, Yim, Yen, Yawn, Yam.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.