Youngs is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Youngs
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Scotland, England
Meaning:

Youngs is a variation of the Young. This very well-known surname appears to be of common origin with the classical Neander, Juvenal, etc., and to refer to the youth of the first bearer, at the time when it was adopted or imposed. The Hundred Rolls forms are Juvenis and Le Juvene, and Le Jeune was one of the most common of French family names. Verstegan says: "YONG, of his fewness of years." Hundred Rolls have Le Yonge, Le Yunge.

Youngs is the form of the Yonge. An old spelling of Young.

Lastname is a form of Jung. Young.

Youngs is variation of the Younglove. Heather leaf.

The family name Youngs is variant form of Jung. One who is younger than another with whom he is associated.

Youngs is the variant form of Young. One younger than another with whom he was associated, or of two bearing the same Christian name; the younger son.

Variant of Yunker. Variant of Yonker meaning "the young nobleman or squire".

Youngs is the variant of the Younglove. Young love.

Lastname is variant form of June. Not from the month, but a probable corruption of the French Le Jeune, equivalent to Young.

How popular is Youngs?

Youngs is common in United States, England, Ghana, Canada, Australia.

Youngs is ranked 51068 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Youngss plummeted by 0.28 per cent to 4977 since 2000 and slipped by 488 spots and ranked at 6776. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91 91.14
Black 3.28 4.29
Hispanic or Latino 2.61 1.54
Others 1.91 1.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.94 1.24
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.26 0.28
Youngs is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Jersey lie ahead in terms of density. Around 10045 people have been found who wears Youngs as their family name. Youngs is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Youngs:
6,883 United States6,238
3,376 England2,278
Countries with hundreds of Youngs:
4,481 Ghana693
12,273 Canada319
14,085 Australia209
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,846 Scotland68
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,340 Panama48
15,994 New Zealand34
7,743 Wales32
106,094 South Africa20
46,196 Switzerland12
78,311 Netherlands11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,460 Zimbabwe10
447,191 Thailand9
2,398 Jersey8

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Andrew Youngs was 30 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 20, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Sardinia from Liverpool. Farmer Mic-J. Youngs, Jane Youngs, aged 12, Mary-Jane Youngs, Infant Sarah Youngs, Farmer Henry Youngs, M. Youngs (25) Farmer, Maria Youngs, Mark Youngs (3), are others that migrated to US.

Youngs Namesakes

  • Samuel Youngs, American school teacher
  • John Youngs, Puritan minister who founded Southold, New York
  • Ross Youngs, American professional baseball player
  • Elaine Youngs, American beach volleyball player
  • Richard Youngs, British musician with a prolific and diverse output
  • Nick Youngs, former English rugby union footballer
  • Jenny Owen Youngs, American singer-songwriter
  • Jim Youngs, American actor

Youngs Namesakes

  • Samuel Youngs, American school teacher
  • John Youngs, Puritan minister who founded Southold, New York
  • Ross Youngs, American professional baseball player
  • Elaine Youngs, American beach volleyball player
  • Richard Youngs, British musician with a prolific and diverse output
  • Nick Youngs, former English rugby union footballer
  • Jenny Owen Youngs, American singer-songwriter
  • Jim Youngs, American actor

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