York is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: York
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for York

How popular is York?

York is common in United States.

York is ranked 6497 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of York bearers increased by 3.360346 per cent in 2010 US census to 53059 since 2000, the surname slipped by 46 spots and ranked at 642. The last name was found in around 180 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.81 87.72
Black 8.04 7.69
Hispanic or Latino 2.28 1.61
Others 1.97 1.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 1 0.93
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.9 0.6
York is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Anguilla is ahead in terms of density. Around 83709 people have been found who wears York as their family name. York is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,209 Nicaragua10
78,633 Czech Republic9
183 Anguilla7
6,235 Costa Rica7
1,179 South Korea7
582 Liberia5
9,391 Guyana5
1,667 Cambodia4
32,695 Nigeria3
20,541 Peru3
1,389 Grenada3
574 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
28,083 Romania2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
1,389 Barbados2
5,936 Bahrain2
18,035 Egypt2
23,344 Austria2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
28,232 Morocco2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
2,794 El Salvador2
5,671 Guatemala2
9,272 Ecuador2
7,299 Estonia2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
10,284 Kuwait2
44,018 Poland2
90,903 Moldova1
28,365 Kenya1
1,818 Guernsey1
5,467 Haiti1
13,606 Senegal1
37,779 Serbia1
21,562 Portugal1
29,595 Iran1
8,859 Iraq1
7,191 Afghanistan1
20,172 Hungary1
846 American Samoa1
6,820 Angola1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
123,175 Tanzania1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,283 Lithuania1
25,746 Finland1
2,613 The Bahamas1
5,872 Namibia1
8,371 Syria1
1,879 Belize1
15,705 Cameroon1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
9,591 Panama1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
1,005 The Gambia1
4,435 Togo1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
10,958 Bangladesh1
3,307 Malta1
9,498 Iceland1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
5,916 Mozambique1
13,447 Uganda1
799 British Virgin Islands1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
12,527 Denmark44
2,337 Cyprus43
18,843 Chile36
28,564 Switzerland36
297 Bermuda31
43,662 Belgium30
368,094 India25
42,407 Sweden22
5,663 Thailand18
4,325 Japan15
411,400 Indonesia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
2,305 Northern Ireland95
27,534 Spain95
11,321 Israel94
50,444 Argentina90
631 China90
9,698 Norway79
72,056 Italy78
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
27,191 Zimbabwe51
Countries with hundreds of York:
21,034 Brazil604
735 Taiwan521
5,685 Ghana479
5,324 Malaysia405
11,880 Mexico366
2,193 New Zealand346
30,009 France331
5,541 Venezuela301
2,130 Dominican Republic288
10,839 Netherlands261
1,521 Wales260
22,396 Turkey245
1,083 Hong Kong237
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
3,317 Scotland190
1,957 Jamaica125
3,067 Singapore112
9,561 Colombia105
1,730 Trinidad and Tobago102
Countries with thousands of York:
1,170 England6,587
1,858 Canada2,732
1,494 Australia2,139
3,948 South Africa1,662
11,003 Philippines1,353
7,305 Germany1,311
5,032 Pakistan1,132
Countries with ten thousands of York:
586 United States60,005
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas York worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 23 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Kalamazoo and arrived on March 24, 1846. Workman Cornl. York, 35 years old Pat York, Workman Mich. York, Pat York, James York, aged 26, U York, Born at sea U York, 13 years old Thomas York, and 39 other York around 68.42% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

York Namesakes

  • In 2020, Jason York played the role of Keyon in action and drama film War-Angel: The Awakening.
  • Bastian York, from 2017 documentary, drama flick Life Without Color, who characterized John Delfino.
  • Hilary York characterized main character of Holly Grace in 2011 comedy and drama film Big Boy.
  • Christijana York characterized the central role of Socks in 2009 adventure and drama movie The Melancholy of Socks.
  • Jacob York played leading role of Greg in 2015 comedy and drama movie Paternity Leave.
  • Nicholas B. York, from 2008 horror, thriller flick Secret Insanity, who played Victor Poe.

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