How common is the last name York?

50,675 people in the United States have the last name York, about 1 in 5,898. It ranks #656 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

YORK

#656

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
50,675
About
1 in 5,898
This common or more
35%
Who bears it

Of the 50,675 people with the last name York, 82.8% reported their origin as White, 7.8% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of York

#654 Zavala · 50,789#655 Hodge · 50,700#657 Bond · 50,649#658 Farrell · 50,453

Spelled almost the same

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

#16,978 Yorke · 1,636#36,520 Yorks · 659#80,289 Yorek · 255#144,270 Yorko · 117

Also a first name

As a first name, York ranks #14,727 of 53,615, with 795 people. See York as a first name

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