Yule Surname
Approximately 9,593 people bear this surname
Yule Surname Definition:
The usual explanation of this name as "one given to children born on Christmas day," does not satisfy me, but I am at present unable to offer a satisfactory interpretation in place of it. "It is pretended that the Yuilles are descended of a son of Drumikills, born upon Yuilday.
Read More About This SurnameYule Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,594 | 1:227,390 | 21,965 |
| Scotland | 1,527 | 1:3,506 | 612 |
| Colombia | 1,494 | 1:31,977 | 1,994 |
| England | 1,384 | 1:40,259 | 5,182 |
| Canada | 1,166 | 1:31,600 | 4,107 |
| Australia | 677 | 1:39,875 | 5,161 |
| New Zealand | 318 | 1:14,240 | 2,490 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Papua New Guinea | 234 | 1:34,845 | 4,120 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| South Africa | 143 | 1:378,865 | 33,977 |
| Brazil | 92 | 1:2,326,895 | 71,923 |
| Thailand | 73 | 1:967,649 | 148,690 |
| French Polynesia | 61 | 1:4,603 | 1,039 |
| Zimbabwe | 53 | 1:291,288 | 29,631 |
| Israel | 51 | 1:167,797 | 17,113 |
| Ireland | 45 | 1:104,643 | 5,503 |
| Wales | 31 | 1:99,824 | 7,946 |
| China | 30 | 1:45,577,386 | 2,472 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 18 | 1:246,104 | 10,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,198 | 1:3,125 | 528 |
| England | 306 | 1:79,658 | 8,587 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 244 | 1:205,814 | 17,803 |
Yule (1,474) may also be a first name.
Yule Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The usual explanation of this name as "one given to children born on Christmas day," does not satisfy me, but I am at present unable to offer a satisfactory interpretation in place of it. "It is pretended that the Yuilles are descended of a son of Drumikills, born upon Yuilday. This pretension is adhered to by some of the name of Yuille, by others not" (Buchanan, p. 296). Johannes Yhole was burgess of Haddington in 1374 (Yester, p. 26). Johannes Yhole was chaplain in Aberdeen in 1391 (REA., I, p. 189), and Simon Youle executed a charter of sale in the same city in 1399 (Friars, p. 21). John Yhule one of the 'appretiatores camium' in Aberdeen in 1398 (CRA., p. 375) appears in 1400 and 1401 as bailie and burgess of the same city (SCM., V, p. 15; Friars, p. 22). John Yule de Garmiltoun witnessed the perambulation of the marches of Gladsmuir in 1430 (James II, 16), Thomas Yhule was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1451 (NSCM., I, p. 12), and a quantity of timber was purchased from Jonete Gule in 1494 (ALHT., I, p. 252). Sir Robert Yuile and Willie Yuile were tacksmen in Walls, Orkney, in 1503 (REO., p. 413), John Youle was officer in Stirling in 1525 (SBR., p. 22), Robert Ywle witness in Glasgow in 1551 (Protocols, I), Thomas Zule was maltman there in 1577 (Burgesses), Inza Yowyll held land in Holland in Firth, Orkney, in 1553 (REO., p. 250), and Mr. James Yuill was minister of Dairsie, Fife, in 1595 (Dysart, p. 42). Alexander Zule or Yule, headmaster of the Grammar School of Stirling (1578-1612) Latinized his name Julius, and Archibald Yuill was town drummer of Rutherglen in the first half of the nineteenth century. Robert Zooll was eldest son of Robert Zuill, merchand citiner of St. Andrews in 1655 (Inquis., 4049), Nicol Zuill was servitor to George Campbell in 1659 (Poltalloch Writs, p. 76), and Robert Yule was an elder in Dysart in 1641 (PBK., p. 209). James Yool, a poet in Paisley, middle of nineteenth century. The form Zuill is not uncommon in Stirlingshire. The Yules were classed among the followers of Clan Buchanan. Sir Henry Yule (1820-1889), military engineer and Orientalist, was the most distinguished bearer of the name. The old Aberdeenshire surname of Idill has been absorbed by Yule. Yoole 1686, Yoile 1516, Youle 1816, Zuille 1711, Zwyll 1550. compare under Yell (1).
(English) a name given to one born ht Christmas [Middle English youle, yole, Old English geól = Old Norse iól, “a great midwinter-feast in the heathen-time, afterwards applied to Christmas”] Robertus Youle.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.
(English) Dweller near a yew tree; descendant of Yule (Christmas).
The Old English (from Anglo-Saxon) designation of the season-now called Christmas. See Times and Seasons. In the curious old dictionary of Blount, called Glossographia, is the following passage: —
Christmas. The name was probably first given to one born at that time.
(Saxon.) Christmas, borrowed from this festival, or the time of nativity. 'Υλε, Greek, a wood, a forest.
Yule Demographics
Yule Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Yule Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yule Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yule (Marathi: युले, Russian: Юле) occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Yule.
How Common Is The Last Name Yule? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 53,246th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 759,673 people. Yule is predominantly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Yule are found; 31 percent are found in Northern Europe and 31 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 202,756th most widespread first name globally, borne by 1,474 people.
The surname Yule is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,594 people, or 1 in 227,390. In The United States Yule is primarily concentrated in: California, where 14 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and Wisconsin, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 59 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 16 percent live and Colombia, where 16 percent live.
Yule Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Yule has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Yule surname expanded 653 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 127 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 452 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 250 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 3,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Yule Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Yule surname is primarily Presbyterian (61%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Yule surname are 8.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.44% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Yule earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.38% more than the national average, earning R 328,836 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.94% less than the national average, earning $21,808,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.48% more than the national average, earning $45,943 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.8% more than the national average, earning $53,557 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yule Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yule in the Marathi language | ||
| युले | yule | 50 |
| युळे | yule | 50 |
| Yule in the Russian language | ||
| Юле | ule | - |
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