# Yule (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yule/  
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 | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,002 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,838 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 308,129 people |
| Change since 2000 | -11.3% (1,130 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /jul/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English yol, youle, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas, Yule”), either cognate with or from Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis); see also Old English ġēola and Old Norse ýlir.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yule 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Yule in the United States.

## People named Yule

- Doug Yule, American musician

## Similar surnames

Yale, Yowell, Yelle, Yell.

## 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.