Yetts Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Yetts Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the gate.' Middle English gate, yate. Monosyllabic local surnames frequently take a final 's', perhaps the patronymic, as in Williams, Jennings, &c.; compare Stubbs, Styles, Stones, Bridges, Brooks.
Read More About This SurnameYetts Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 121 | 1:2,995,528 | 175,060 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34 | 1:716,923 | 33,560 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:287,940 | 9,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 1:1,321,544 | 72,820 |
Yetts Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the gate.' Middle English gate, yate. Monosyllabic local surnames frequently take a final 's', perhaps the patronymic, as in Williams, Jennings, &c.; compare Stubbs, Styles, Stones, Bridges, Brooks. Hence Yates for Yate. 'Gate (oryate), porta Joris': Promptorium Parvulorum Other forms of this surname are Yeatts, Yeates, and Yeats, which see. Evidently the two following names were closely related:
1606. Laurence Yate, of Nether Darwen: Wills at Chester.
1608. Laurence Yates, of Blackburn: ibid.
No doubt the family were known indifferently as Yate or Yates.
William atte Yete, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Batin atte Yete, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Richard atte Yate, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Johannes atte Yate, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire p. '34.
Of local origin from one or more small places of the name meaning, "at the gate," from Old English geat, ME. yate. "A final s is not uncommon in surnames derived from topographical features, and may be either the plural formation or genitive case ending, but it is not possible to say which from inspection," or, again, it may be "a meaningless excrescence, the addition of a terminal sibilant being not uncommon with uncultured people" (Ewen, p. 251). Adam del Yate was juror on an inquisition held at Lochmaben in 1347 (Bain, III, 1499), John Yet held a land in Arbroath in 1425 (RAA., II, 93), Johannes ȝett, capellanus de Vasthall, died 1479 (REA., I, p. 218), William Yet appears as church elder for Fortrie in 1607 (Mair, p. 61), and Agnas Yatts is recorded in the parish of Falkirk in 1681 (Torphichen). An ancient family in Teviotdale were the Yetts of Yetton. John Yetts, wright in Edinburgh, 1722 (Guildry, p. 126). Yeatt 1688.
= Yates, q.v.
1. In some dialects, Y and G are convertible letters, and a gate is called a yate or yat: —
A gate, a way, a passage-they bear three portcullises gules, in their arms.
An old word for Gate. The same as Gates.
Yetts Demographics
Average Yetts Salary in
United States
$46,876 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yetts Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yetts Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yetts (Russian: Йеттс) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Yetts click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yetts? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yetts is the 1,369,340th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Yetts live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 2,995,528. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 38 percent live, Ohio, where 10 percent live and Michigan, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.
Yetts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Yetts has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 318 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 24 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Yetts Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yetts surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Yetts earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 8.64% more than the national average, earning $46,876 USD per year and in Canada they earn 76.85% more than the national average, earning $87,864 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yehtts | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yett | 89 | 570 | / |
| Etts | 89 | 229 | / |
| Yets | 89 | 48 | / |
| Huyetts | 83 | 0 | / |
| Hyett | 80 | 2,302 | / |
| Getts | 80 | 1,615 | / |
| Yette | 80 | 260 | / |
| Eatts | 80 | 222 | / |
| Jetts | 80 | 18 | / |
| Yoets | 80 | 9 | / |
| Yeths | 80 | 6 | / |
| Eitts | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hyets | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iyets | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ettsh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yetth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yetss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ayets | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yeyts | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yes | 75 | 17,931 | / |
| Yet | 75 | 7,321 | / |
| Ets | 75 | 440 | / |
| Ett | 75 | 413 | / |
| Geytts | 73 | 30 | / |
| Hyette | 73 | 25 | / |
| Ohyets | 73 | 16 | / |
| Ayetse | 73 | 15 | / |
| Ayotts | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yetshe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gedtts | 73 | 1 | / |
| Geyets | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayettz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Heatts | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaetts | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gehtts | 73 | 0 | / |
| Heitts | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hoyets | 73 | 0 | / |
| Aayett | 73 | 0 | / |
| Yetcht | 73 | 0 | / |
| Goetts | 73 | 0 | / |
| Jett | 67 | 16,122 | / |
| Yesh | 67 | 5,976 | / |
| Yete | 67 | 2,394 | / |
| Yese | 67 | 1,920 | / |
| Etsh | 67 | 1,710 | / |
| Gets | 67 | 1,544 | / |
| Yoes | 67 | 876 | / |
| Yeth | 67 | 697 | / |
| Yess | 67 | 498 | / |
| Gett | 67 | 456 | / |
| Hyet | 67 | 260 | / |
| Oets | 67 | 132 | / |
| Yoet | 67 | 114 | / |
| Yetz | 67 | 68 | / |
| Yest | 67 | 64 | / |
| Eits | 67 | 54 | / |
| Hyes | 67 | 28 | / |
| Jets | 67 | 28 | / |
| Edtt | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ettz | 67 | 12 | / |
| Yies | 67 | 11 | / |
| Yiet | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yesd | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eats | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jyet | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aets | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yesp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jyes | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yesx | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yesz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ejtt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oiyette | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heattes | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ettd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goettsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yezt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etzs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yyts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iytt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etdt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ettt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yezs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yexs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eets | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yetd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yeds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yehs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uyts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yytt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoyyett | 67 | 0 | / |
| Yhes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Aggetts | 67 | 0 | / |
Yetts Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yetts in the Russian language | ||
| Йеттс | jetts | - |
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