Yancey is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yancey
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Yancey

How popular is Yancey?

Yancey is common in United States.

Yancey is ranked 30238 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Yancey bearers increased by 2.570694 per cent in 2010 US census to 13566 since 2000, the surname slipped by 153 spots and ranked at 2656. The last name was found in around 46 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 63.94 65.78
Black 30.72 30.26
Others 2.46 1.86
Hispanic or Latino 2.09 1.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.46 0.45
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.32 0.3
Yancey is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 16635 people have been found who wears Yancey as their family name. Yancey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,072 China7
38,459 New Zealand7
7,646 Japan7
720,003 Russia4
2,720 South Korea3
1,500,361 India2
139,444 Brazil2
9,185 Hong Kong2
9,272 Ecuador2
13,606 Senegal1
107,212 South Africa1
123,175 Tanzania1
30,360 Thailand1
810,193 Indonesia1
14,618 Guyana1
31,207 Ireland1
28,365 Kenya1
56,169 Mexico1
66,560 Philippines1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
492,292 Ukraine1
15,162 Costa Rica1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
61,670 Canada48
94,027 England32
85,784 Australia19
Countries with hundreds of Yancey:
59,024 Germany168
Countries with ten thousands of Yancey:
2,464 United States16,317
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Yancey Namesakes

  • Rick Yancey, Writer
  • William Lowndes Yancey, Politician
  • Amie Yancey, Scott Yancey's wife
  • Arch Yancey, Radio personality
  • Edwin Yancey Argo, Olympic athlete
  • Joel Yancey, Member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Bartlett Yancey, U.S. congressman
  • Ericka Yancey, Singer
  • Bert Yancey, Golfer
  • Bartlett Yancey, U.S. congressman

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