# Younger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/younger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,658 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,357 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 28,968 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (10,444 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* An English (mainly Northumberland and eastern Scotland) surname from Middle English yungre (“younger”), used to distinguish younger and older men with the same name. * In at least one case (of an immigrant Fleming), probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer (“young nobleman”). * Americanized form of cognate or like-sounding names, notably German Junger, Junker and Dutch Jonker.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Younger in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 64% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Younger in the United States.

## People named Younger

- Cole Younger, American bank robber (1844–1916)
- Drake Younger, American professional wrestler and referee
- Ben Younger, American screenwriter and film director

## Similar surnames

Yinger, Yonker, Younker, Yunker, Yamashiro.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.