Explore the Family Name Yeargan

The meaning of Yeargan

Variant of Yeargin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Yeargan in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Yeargan has seen slight fluctuations in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Yeargan held the rank of 35,522 out of all surnames in the United States, but it dropped to 38,265 by 2010, a drop of about 7.72%. The actual count of individuals with this surname also slightly decreased from 599 to 579 within the same decade, representing a decline of approximately 3.34%. Proportionally, for every 100,000 people in the U.S., about 0.22 had this surname in 2000, which dipped to about 0.2 per 100,000 by 2010, showing a decrease of around 9.09%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,522	#38,265	-7.72%
Count	599	579	-3.34%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.2	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Yeargan

The ethnicity associated with the surname Yeargan also underwent some changes from 2000 to 2010 as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, approximately 97.16% of those with this surname identified as White, however, that proportion reduced to about 94.65% by 2010. Those identifying as two or more ethnicities increased significantly from 0.83% to 2.42%, indicating a substantial change of about 191.57%. During the same period, there was a new emergence of Hispanic identity among those carrying the Yeargan surname, rising from 0% to 1.38%. However, there were no observed Yeargans who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either year, and the percentage of those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native declined from 1.17% to 0%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.16%	94.65%	-2.58%
Two or More Races	0.83%	2.42%	191.57%
Hispanic	0%	1.38%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.17%	0%	0%