Yuen is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yuen
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Scotland
Meaning:

The surname is the variation of McKeon. The son of Eoghan meaning "well-born," or of Eoin meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

Family name Yuen is the form of McCune. The son of Eoghan meaning "well-born".

A variant form of McEwen. The son of Eoghan meaning "well-born".

How popular is Yuen?

Yuen is common in Hong Kong, United States, Singapore, Canada, Malaysia, Macau, Australia, England, Thailand, China, Fiji, Netherlands, Mexico, New Zealand, Brunei, French Polynesia, France, Brazil.

Yuen is ranked 4781 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Yuens grew by 9.99 per cent to 7688 since 2000 and ranked 4614 after elevating 25 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 87.12 89.41
Others 5.53 4.41
White 4.11 3.48
Hispanic or Latino 3 2.3
Yuen is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Hong Kong which signifies its Hong Kong provenence. Around 118043 people have been found who wears Yuen as their family name. Yuen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Yuen:
23 Hong Kong79,780
3,950 United States11,464
Countries with thousands of Yuen:
102 Singapore9,381
1,231 Canada4,435
926 Malaysia3,833
66 Macau2,458
2,288 Australia1,669
6,410 England1,069
Countries with hundreds of Yuen:
17,956 Thailand589
369 China573
436 Fiji346
8,612 Netherlands336
8,140 Mexico296
3,907 New Zealand203
405 Brunei187
327 French Polynesia160
68,361 France137
63,541 Brazil107
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,466 Dominican Republic100
61,781 Germany94
12,510 Peru84
2,580 Panama72
12,493 United Arab Emirates55
118,763 Philippines51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,150 Norway45
72,211 South Africa41
8,826 Scotland36
20,124 Sweden34
37,845 Belgium34
13,981 Venezuela34
797 South Sudan25
52,403 Spain24
7,706 Taiwan21
18,509 Chile20
1,526 Guam16
4,719 New Caledonia16
44,380 Japan15
1,045 Aruba14
2,551 Vietnam13
6,223 Jamaica13
132,850 Argentina13
43,230 Switzerland13
578,870 India12
1,123 American Samoa11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
434,432 Indonesia10
30,726 Qatar9
19,532 Malawi9
19,671 Wales8
2,565 Belize7
12,899 Northern Ireland6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

39 years old laborer Xavier Yuen who was residing in Bendorf, Alsace migrated to USA on December 27, 1873 by Vaderland put out from Antwerp.

Yuen Namesakes

  • Fiona Yuen, was born on 20 January 1976 in Cologne, Germany
  • Nancy Yuen, Hong Kong-born Singaporean singer
  • Anthony Yuen, Chinese American editor and anchor on the Hong Kong-based television and media station Phoenix Television
  • Henry C. Yuen, founder and former CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International
  • Anita Yuen, Hong Kong film and television actress
  • Corey Yuen, Hong Kong action director, film director
  • Gareth Yuen, Australian actor who portrays the character Dax Lo
  • Benjamin Yuen, Chinese-language singer and actor
  • Chor Yuen, Hong Kong-Chinese film director

Yuen Namesakes

  • Fiona Yuen, was born on 20 January 1976 in Cologne, Germany
  • Nancy Yuen, Hong Kong-born Singaporean singer
  • Anthony Yuen, Chinese American editor and anchor on the Hong Kong-based television and media station Phoenix Television
  • Henry C. Yuen, founder and former CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International
  • Anita Yuen, Hong Kong film and television actress
  • Corey Yuen, Hong Kong action director, film director
  • Gareth Yuen, Australian actor who portrays the character Dax Lo
  • Benjamin Yuen, Chinese-language singer and actor
  • Chor Yuen, Hong Kong-Chinese film director

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