Yorkshire Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Yorkshire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yorkshire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1401:2,588,992156,804
England571:977,51048,999
Trinidad and Tobago131:104,9216,882
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Wales61:515,75523,171
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Yorkshire (51) may also be a first name.

Yorkshire Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yorkshire occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yorkshire? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,064,392nd most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Yorkshire live; 37 percent live in North America and 37 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 51 people.

The surname Yorkshire is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 2,588,992. In The United States Yorkshire is most prevalent in: Maryland, where 23 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and District of Columbia, where 9 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent are found and Trinidad and Tobago, where 6 percent are found.

Yorkshire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Yorkshire has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Yorkshire last name expanded 700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,140 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Yorkshire Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yorkshire surname are 31.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 85.19% being registered to vote for the party.

Yorkshire earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.42% more than the national average, earning $48,939 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orikeshiro743/
Yerakshar675/
Orgaishar561/
Uragashira5341/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yorkshire
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