How common is the last name Yu?

66,156 people in the United States have the last name Yu, about 1 in 4,518. It ranks #495 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

YU

#495

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
66,156
About
1 in 4,518
This common or more
31.9%
Who bears it

Of the 66,156 people with the last name Yu, 95.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2% as White and 1.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Yu

#493 Sherman · 66,346#494 Hammond · 66,318#496 Ingram · 66,120#497 Maxwell · 65,829

Spelled almost the same

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

#9,879 Yue · 3,123#66,171 Yuh · 323#110,517 Yui · 170

Also a first name

As a first name, Yu ranks #2,068 of 53,615, with 13,140 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2007, with 35 births. See Yu as a first name

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