How rare is the last name Yancey?

13,201 people in the United States have the last name Yancey, about 1 in 22,642. It ranks #2,670 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

YANCEY

#2,670

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,201
About
1 in 22,642
This common or more
51.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,201 people with the last name Yancey, 61.2% reported their origin as White, 30% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Yancey

#2,668 Forrester · 13,209#2,669 Woo · 13,207#2,671 Satterfield · 13,186#2,672 Whitten · 13,167

Spelled almost the same

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

#7,657 Yancy · 4,168#30,199 Yankey · 830#52,161 Yance · 430

Also a first name

As a first name, Yancey ranks #10,976 of 53,615, with 1,189 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1971, with 48 births. See Yancey as a first name

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