How common is the last name Yan?

16,716 people in the United States have the last name Yan, about 1 in 17,881. It ranks #2,105 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

YAN

#2,105

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,716
About
1 in 17,881
This common or more
48.4%
Who bears it

Of the 16,716 people with the last name Yan, 94.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.6% as White and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Yan

#2,102 Kowalski · 16,721#2,104 Yoon · 16,719#2,106 Atwood · 16,708#2,107 Delong · 16,692

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yan, most common first.

#12,441 Yawn · 2,382#15,050 Yam · 1,883#25,867 Yano · 997#30,035 Yahn · 835#41,459 Yaun · 566#42,786 Yann · 545#127,013 Yani · 141#140,525 Yana · 122

Also a first name

As a first name, Yan ranks #1,779 of 53,615, with 16,856 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 58 births. See Yan as a first name

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