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    The surname Younan

    A surname, carried by 1,665 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Y550

    Younan: #17,056 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Younan #17,056, 1,665 people Younan: #17,056 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Younan #17,056, 1,665 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Younan is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,665 people named Younan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,433 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,200.

    #17,056
    rank among US surnames
    1,665
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +38.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,543)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,047Croll1,666185,321
    #17,056Stem1,665185,433
    #17,063Lasko1,664185,544

    Who is named Younan

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

    90% of people named Younan identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as two or more races and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Two or more races 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Yonan
    • Younen

    Younan has the Soundex code Y550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Younan?
    1,665 people in the United States had the surname Younan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,433 Americans. It ranked 17,056th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Younan?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Younan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Younan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,665 in 2010, up 39%.
    What are other spellings of Younan?
    Yonan and Younen.