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    The surname Yoon

    A Korean surname, carried by 15,936 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Y500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yoon is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Korean origin

    Borrowed from Korean 윤(尹) (Yun).

    One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,936 people named Yoon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,374 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,563.

    #2,287
    rank among US surnames
    15,936
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,848)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,278Espino15,99719,300
    #2,279Hauser15,98119,320
    #2,280Cleary15,98019,321
    #2,281Nugent15,97719,324
    #2,282Boudreaux15,97619,326
    #2,283Nickerson15,97019,333
    #2,284Sorenson15,96219,343

    Who is named Yoon

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

    96% of people named Yoon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Yoons

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Yun Po-sun
      2nd President of South Korea (1897-1990)
    • Victorinus Youn Kong-hi
      Archbishop of Gwangju, born 1924
    • Joseph Y. Yun
      American diplomat, born 1954

    Notable Yoons come mostly from South Korea (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Yoon

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

    Other Korean surnames

    All 42 Korean surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Yoon come from?
    Borrowed from Korean 윤(尹) (Yun).
    How common is the surname Yoon?
    15,936 people in the United States had the surname Yoon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,374 Americans. It ranked 2,287th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yoon?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Yoon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Yoon?
    Yun Po-sun, 2nd President of South Korea (1897-1990), followed by Victorinus Youn Kong-hi.
    Where is the surname Yoon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Yoon in South Korea and the United States.
    Is the surname Yoon getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,936 in 2010, up 38%.