How rare is the last name Yuan?

12,855 people in the United States have the last name Yuan, about 1 in 23,252. It ranks #2,732 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

YUAN

#2,732

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,855
About
1 in 23,252
This common or more
51.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,855 people with the last name Yuan, 94.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.6% as White and 1.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Yuan

#2,730 Robb · 12,860#2,731 Layne · 12,859#2,733 Goetz · 12,840#2,734 Leavitt · 12,836

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,640 Yun · 9,513#4,468 Yuen · 7,702

Also a first name

As a first name, Yuan ranks #3,497 of 53,615, with 5,921 people. See Yuan as a first name

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