How common is the surname Younger?

10,658 people in the United States had the surname Younger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,968 Americans. It ranked 3,357th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Younger?

Cole Younger, American bank robber (1844–1916), followed by Drake Younger.

Where is the surname Younger most common?

Wikidata records people named Younger in the United States.

Is the surname Younger getting more or less common?

More common. 10,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,658 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Younger

An English surname, carried by 10,658 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Y526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Younger is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

* 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.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,658 people named Younger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,968 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,444.

#3,357

rank among US surnames

10,658

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #3,158)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,348	Jose	10,697	28,863
#3,349	Beaulieu	10,695	28,868
#3,350	Bone	10,692	28,876
#3,351	Feng	10,687	28,890
#3,352	Eng	10,682	28,903
#3,353	Farrow	10,672	28,930
#3,354	Islam	10,670	28,936

Who is named Younger

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

64% of people named Younger identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Youngers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cole Younger
American bank robber (1844–1916)
Drake Younger
American professional wrestler and referee, born 1984
Ben Younger
American screenwriter and film director, born 1972

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Younger

Younger has the Soundex code Y526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y526.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Younger come from?: * 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”). *…
How common is the surname Younger?: 10,658 people in the United States had the surname Younger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,968 Americans. It ranked 3,357th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Younger?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Younger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Younger?: Cole Younger, American bank robber (1844–1916), followed by Drake Younger.
Where is the surname Younger most common?: Wikidata records people named Younger in the United States.
Is the surname Younger getting more or less common?: More common. 10,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,658 in 2010, up 2.0%.