Yon is used as a family name or surname in Guatemala. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yon
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Guatemala
Meaning: Latin origin became personal name Christian name (Ionis). Saint Yon was an evangelist whose memory is preserved in the plains of the Paris Basin, but also meets the surname in Normandy (50, 76). A town in the Essonne is called Saint-Yon.

How popular is Yon?

Yon is common in Guatemala.

Yon is ranked 16839 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Yon bearers increased by 4.800565 per cent in 2010 US census to 2969 since 2000, the surname slipped by 327 spots and ranked at 10748. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 57.09 59.87
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 18.09 16.94
Black 13.41 12.78
Hispanic or Latino 8.52 7.41
Others 2.49 2.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.46
Yon is quite popular family name mostly used in Cambodia while Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is ahead in terms of density. Around 31176 people have been found who wears Yon as their family name. Yon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
48,950 Moldova6
13,220 Thailand6
95,557 Czech Republic6
8,582 Japan6
614 Myanmar5
46,707 New Zealand5
32,695 Nigeria3
78,945 Argentina3
119,730 Brazil3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
46,068 Philippines3
6,779 Nicaragua3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
23,165 Romania3
2,967 Vietnam3
10,686 Costa Rica3
1,143 French Polynesia2
50,640 Switzerland2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
5,859 Mauritius2
24,766 Scotland2
443 Bhutan2
3,940 Ethiopia2
28,232 Morocco2
8,500 Dominican Republic1
28,746 Algeria1
24,460 Armenia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
49,101 Denmark1
2,505 Congo1
123,175 Tanzania1
108 North Korea1
8,371 Syria1
14,373 Jordan1
31,207 Ireland1
12,745 Luxembourg1
116 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1
8,859 Iraq1
9,498 Iceland1
77,122 Sweden1
9,591 Panama1
20,172 Hungary1
14,644 Tunisia1
3,586 Honduras1
13,447 Uganda1
2,578 Guam1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
19,533 Uruguay1
1,254 Gibraltar1
17,236 Ghana1
1,572 Macau1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
95,259 Italy45
1,650 China28
62,267 Spain27
144,672 Ukraine24
80,267 Kazakhstan24
407,590 India21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
129,319 Russia83
19,934 Zimbabwe81
3,257 Hong Kong71
26,687 Belgium59
Countries with hundreds of Yon:
3,178 Peru997
22,140 Indonesia506
1 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha343
18,340 England296
1,121 Taiwan290
4,366 Chile234
17,055 Canada215
1,760 Namibia203
50,182 Germany202
14,279 Australia189
19,046 Mexico183
8,098 Colombia140
10,984 Venezuela125
3,353 Singapore101
Countries with thousands of Yon:
285 Cambodia9,380
282 South Korea3,418
11,546 United States3,100
1,290 Malaysia2,378
3,543 France2,217
3,566 South Africa1,826
2,422 Cameroon1,487
6,246 Turkey1,363
1,225 Guatemala1,353
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Batt. Yon worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 40 years old embarked for New York from Havre on La Gascogne and arrived on May 7, 1888. Battista Yon (29) Miner, Ferdinando Yon (30) Journeyman, 30 years old Giov. Yon, Jules Yon (38) Miner, Agriculturist Martino Yon, 35 years old Pietro Yon, Miner Teodoro Yon, Tittapicolo Yon (25) Journeyman, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

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Fredda Peel
Yon is a former Christian name which belongs to the Latin name ionized and that one observes in the name of saint- yon place, located in the Essonne this name was popularized by an Athenian holy companion of St-denis, evangelizer of chatres countries today arpajon or martyrdom he found his relics are conserved in our lady of corbeil.

Yon Namesakes

  • Ace Yonamine, Actor
  • Ada Yonath, Crystallographer
  • Aiko Yonitarihon, Shoji Otomo's mother
  • Akiko Yonemura, Tennis Player
  • Akiko Yonemura, Tennis Player
  • Tomoko Yonemura, Tennis Player
  • Toshinori Yonekura, Singer
  • Yoshitomo Yonetani, Animation Director
  • Kim Yong-kang, Professional Boxer
  • Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Former Prime Minister of Thailand
  • Arthur Yon characterized critical role of Jason in 2012 action and crime movie Midnight Cabaret.

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