Yancy Surname
Approximately 8,598 people bear this surname
Yancy Surname Definition:
(French) One who came from England, an Englishman.
Yancy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,044 | 1:59,970 | 7,066 |
| Liberia | 1,867 | 1:2,361 | 308 |
| Colombia | 468 | 1:102,081 | 3,660 |
| Venezuela | 70 | 1:431,487 | 8,674 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,206 | 1:22,765 | 2,854 |
Yancy (7,959) may also be a first name.
Yancy Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) One who came from England, an Englishman.
Yancy Demographics
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Yancy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yancy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yancy is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yancy? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 58,736th most frequently held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 847,586 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Yancy reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Yancy is also the 71,330th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 7,959 people.
The last name Yancy is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 6,044 people, or 1 in 59,970. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 20 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Missouri, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 38 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 22 percent live and Colombia, where 5 percent live.
Yancy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Yancy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Yancy last name expanded 274 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yancy Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Yancy are 2.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.39% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Yancy earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 25.36% less than the national average, earning $16,945,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.21% less than the national average, earning $37,881 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.88% less than the national average, earning $49,245 CAD per year.
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Yancy 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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