Yeadon Surname

167,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Yeadon Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Yeadon,' a township in the parish of Guisley, near Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire.

John de Yedon, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de Yedona, Yorkshire, ibid.

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Yeadon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0411:53,5246,534
United States9361:387,24234,088
Canada2351:156,79015,900
Australia1861:145,13815,497
South Africa661:820,87455,153
Ireland301:156,9657,012
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Scotland171:314,93014,413
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Wales71:442,07621,198
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8111:30,0564,033
Scotland101:374,32210,959
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Yeadon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Yeadon,' a township in the parish of Guisley, near Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire.

John de Yedon, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de Yedona, Yorkshire, ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Yeadon (W. Yorks), 13th cent. Yedon, Domesday Iadun = the Ewe-Hill [the first elem. is evid. the Dialectal Northern English yeaw, a ewe, Old English eáwe, eówe + -don, Old English dún, a hill]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

User-submitted Reference

The Yeadon surname means 'steep hill' in Old English. It derives from the words geah, meaning 'steep', and dún, meaning 'hill'. It is also the name of a town and parish in the West Riding of Yorkshire, near Leeds.

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Yeadon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yeadon Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yeadon is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yeadon.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeadon? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yeadon is the 167,155th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,815,899 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Yeadon live; 45 percent live in North America and 45 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Yeadon is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 1,041 people, or 1 in 53,524. In England it is mostly concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 34 percent are found, North Yorkshire, where 10 percent are found and Lancashire, where 7 percent are found. Outside of England this surname exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.

Yeadon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Yeadon has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Yeadon last name rose 128 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 2,400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 170 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Yeadon Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Yeadon last name are 11.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.25% being registered with the party.

The amount Yeadon earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 0.32% more than the national average, earning R 238,404 per year; in United States they earn 8.29% more than the national average, earning $46,725 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.98% less than the national average, earning $49,198 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yeaddon921/
Jeadon835/
Yeydon831/
Yeadom831/
Yeadan830/
Geadon830/
Heaydon7739/
Youedon771/
Eodon731/
Aiyeadun714/
Ejeadong711/
Geaudoin711/
Yeiasdan711/
Jaudon671,238/
Jeudon67256/
Jaidon6754/
Yaydan6725/
Geadan6710/
Jaydon679/
Yajdan677/
Geodon676/
Ejadan676/
Jaedon673/
Eeadan673/
Geydon672/
Juedon671/
Iyedan671/
Ehodon671/
Yeadum671/
Iyedun671/
Yahouedon671/

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