How common is the surname Yuan?

8,588 people in the United States had the surname Yuan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,951 Americans. It ranked 4,129th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Yuan?

Eric S. Yuan, American billionaire businessman, followed by Ron Yuan.

Where is the surname Yuan most common?

Wikidata records people named Yuan in the People's Republic of China and the United States.

How do you pronounce Yuan?

Yuan is /juˈɑn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Yuan getting more or less common?

More common. 5,394 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,588 in 2010, up 59%.

Is Yuan also a first name?

Yes. Yuan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Yuan

A Chinese surname, carried by 8,588 people in the United States.

Pronounced /juˈɑn/ 2 syllables Soundex Y500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yuan is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

From Mandarin 元 (Yuán).

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,588 people named Yuan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,951 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,394.

#4,129

rank among US surnames

8,588

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+59.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,877)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,121	Ibanez	8,614	35,842
#4,123	Hernandes	8,612	35,851
#4,124	Garrido	8,605	35,880
#4,125	Spalding	8,601	35,896
#4,126	Deanda	8,600	35,901
#4,127	Calabrese	8,599	35,905
#4,128	Matheny	8,595	35,922

Who is named Yuan

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

96% of people named Yuan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
White (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Yuans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eric S. Yuan
American billionaire businessman, born 1970
Ron Yuan
American actor, born 1973
Roger Yuan
American stunt actor, born 1961
Yuan Hong
Actor, born 1982

Notable Yuans come mostly from the People's Republic of China (2) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Yuan

Yuan has the Soundex code Y500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y500.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Yuan come from?: From Mandarin 元 (Yuán).
How common is the surname Yuan?: 8,588 people in the United States had the surname Yuan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,951 Americans. It ranked 4,129th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yuan?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Yuan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Yuan?: Eric S. Yuan, American billionaire businessman, followed by Ron Yuan.
Where is the surname Yuan most common?: Wikidata records people named Yuan in the People's Republic of China and the United States.
How do you pronounce Yuan?: Yuan is /juˈɑn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Yuan getting more or less common?: More common. 5,394 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,588 in 2010, up 59%.
Is Yuan also a first name?: Yes. Yuan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.