# Yuen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yuen/  
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 | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,688 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,614 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,159 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (6,990 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 袁 (jyun4) or 阮 (jyun2).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yuen 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) | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 87% |
| Two or more races | 5.5% |

## Similar surnames

Yun, Yuan, Yen, Youn, Yoon, Yan, Yin, Yim, Yon, Yawn, Yohn, Yam.

## 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.