Yancey Surname
Approximately 19,208 people bear this surname
Yancey Surname Definition:
(French) One who came from England, an Englishman.
Yancey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19,019 | 1:19,058 | 2,396 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| Japan | 41 | 1:3,118,153 | 33,477 |
| Ecuador | 16 | 1:994,115 | 14,535 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,932 | 1:25,993 | 3,196 |
Yancey (1,731) may also be a first name.
Yancey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) One who came from England, an Englishman.
Yancey Demographics
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Yancey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yancey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yancey is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yancey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 27,986th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 379,402 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Yancey are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 184,438th most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 1,731 people.
Yancey is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 19,019 people, or 1 in 19,058. In The United States it is mostly found in: Georgia, where 12 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and North Carolina, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The United States Yancey is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent reside and Japan, where 0 percent reside.
Yancey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Yancey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 984 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yancey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Yancey surname are 13.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.4% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Yancey earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.35% less than the national average, earning $40,409 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.16% more than the national average, earning $56,716 CAD per year.
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Yancey Reference & Research
Yancey DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Yancey FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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