How common is the surname Yorke?

1,579 people in the United States had the surname Yorke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. It ranked 17,745th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Yorke?

Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke, British aristocrat, Conservative politician, dandy and bankrupt (1836-1897).

Where is the surname Yorke most common?

Wikidata records people named Yorke in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Yorke getting more or less common?

More common. 1,443 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,579 in 2010, up 9.4%.

The surname Yorke

A surname, carried by 1,579 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Y620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yorke is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of York.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,579 people named Yorke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,443.

#17,745

rank among US surnames

1,579

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+9.4%

change since 2000 (was #17,884)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,745	Zacher	1,579	195,532
#17,752	Deo	1,578	195,656

Who is named Yorke

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

75% of people named Yorke identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Yorkes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke
British aristocrat, Conservative politician, dandy and bankrupt (1836-1897)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Yorke

York

Yorke has the Soundex code Y620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y620.

Questions

Where does the surname Yorke come from?: Variant of York.
How common is the surname Yorke?: 1,579 people in the United States had the surname Yorke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. It ranked 17,745th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yorke?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Yorke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Yorke?: Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke, British aristocrat, Conservative politician, dandy and bankrupt (1836-1897).
Where is the surname Yorke most common?: Wikidata records people named Yorke in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Yorke getting more or less common?: More common. 1,443 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,579 in 2010, up 9.4%.