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    The surname Yount

    A surname, carried by 7,817 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Y530

    Yount: #4,538 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yount #4,538, 7,817 people Yount: #4,538 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yount #4,538, 7,817 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yount is more common than 97.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,817 people named Yount in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,497 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,705.

    #4,538
    rank among US surnames
    7,817
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #4,255)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,533Donato7,82339,466
    #4,534Villalpando7,82139,476
    #4,535Orta7,82039,482
    #4,538Yount7,81739,497

    Who is named Yount

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

    95% of people named Yount identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Younts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robin Yount
      American baseball player and coach (born 1955)

    Questions

    How common is the surname Yount?
    7,817 people in the United States had the surname Yount in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,497 Americans. It ranked 4,538th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yount?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Yount identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Yount?
    Robin Yount, American baseball player and coach (born 1955).
    Where is the surname Yount most common?
    Wikidata records people named Yount in the United States.
    Is the surname Yount getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,817 in 2010, up 1.5%.