The surname Younkin
A surname, carried by 1,640 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex Y525
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,640 people named Younkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,259 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,675.
#17,268
rank among US surnames
1,640
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
-2.1%
change since 2000 (was #15,937)
Who is named Younkin
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
97% of people named Younkin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 97%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- Two or more races 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Younkin
Younkin has the Soundex code Y525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y525.
Questions
- How common is the surname Younkin?
- 1,640 people in the United States had the surname Younkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,259 Americans. It ranked 17,268th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Younkin?
- In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Younkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Younkin getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,640 in 2010, down 2.1%.