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    The surname Youn

    A Korean surname, carried by 1,854 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Y500

    Youn: #15,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Youn #15,727, 1,854 people Youn: #15,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Youn #15,727, 1,854 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Youn is more common than 90.3% 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 1,854 people named Youn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,529 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,307.

    #15,727
    rank among US surnames
    1,854
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +41.9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,208)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,719Broadhurst1,855166,440
    #15,727Youn1,854166,529
    #15,734Loew1,853166,619

    Who is named Youn

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

    90% of people named Youn identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Youn

    Youn 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 Youn come from?
    Borrowed from Korean 윤(尹) (Yun).
    How common is the surname Youn?
    1,854 people in the United States had the surname Youn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,529 Americans. It ranked 15,727th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Youn?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Youn identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Youn getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,854 in 2010, up 42%.