The surname York
A Norse place surname, carried by 53,059 people in the United States.
Pronounced /jɔɹk/ 1 syllable Soundex Y620
Origin
Norse origin
From Middle English York, Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg (compare Welsh Efrog, from Old Welsh Caer Ebrauc, from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg), from *eburos (“yew”) + *-ākom (positive suffix). Displaced Middle English Everwik, from the Old English.
York is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 53,059 people named York in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,819 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 51,334.
Who is named York
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
86% of people named York identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 86%
- Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Famous Yorks
18 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Michael YorkBritish actor, born 1942
- Dick YorkAmerican radio, stage, film, and television actor (1928-1992)
- Kathleen YorkAmerican actress and singer-songwriter, born 1975
- Francine YorkAmerican actress, showgirl (1936–2017)
- Morgan YorkAmerican actress, singer, songwriter and writer, born 1993
- Taylor YorkAmerican guitarist and record producer, born 1989
- Mike YorkAmerican ice hockey player, born 1978
- Herbert YorkAmerican physicist (1921-2009)
- Gabe YorkAmerican basketball player (born 1993)
- Jeff YorkAmerican actor (1912–1995)
- John YorkAmerican musician, born 1946
- Michael YorkAustralian field hockey player, born 1967
Notable Yorks come mostly from the United States (15), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
Surnames that sound like York
York has the Soundex code Y620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y620.
Other Norse surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname York come from?
- From Middle English York, Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg (compare Welsh Efrog, from Old Welsh Caer Ebrauc, from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg), from *eburos (“yew”) + *-ākom (positive suffix). Displaced Middle…
- How common is the surname York?
- 53,059 people in the United States had the surname York in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,819 Americans. It ranked 642nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname York?
- In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named York identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named York?
- Michael York, British actor, followed by Dick York.
- Where is the surname York most common?
- Wikidata records people named York in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
- How do you pronounce York?
- York is /jɔɹk/, one syllable.
- What type of surname is York?
- York is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname York getting more or less common?
- More common. 51,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 53,059 in 2010, up 3.4%.
- What are other spellings of York?
- Yorke.