Explore the Family Name Yelverton
The meaning of Yelverton
English (Devon): habitational name from either of two places called Yelverton, in Norfolk or Devon. Medieval examples of the surname are from the Norfolk place, but the modern surname in Britain is associated mainly with Devon, where the earliest record of the surname is found in 1761, and is probably a substitution for Elford, an earlier form of the Devon placename. The Devon place, a hamlet in Buckland Monachorum, is not officially on record as Yelverton until the 19th century, when the Great Western Railway so named the station it built there in 1859. It is a dialect pronunciation of Elverton, which is first recorded in 1765 as an extended form of its medieval name Elford + -ton ‘town’. The Norfolk placename is recorded as Ailuertuna in 1086, and probably derives from the Old English personal name Æthelfrith or Geldfrith + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
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How common is the last name Yelverton in the United States?
According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Yelverton has seen a slight decrease from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked as the 12,450th most common surname in the United States and dropped to the 13,186th position in 2010. This represents a change of -5.91%. However, the actual count of people bearing the Yelverton surname grew modestly from 2,287 in 2000 to 2,318 in 2010, an increase of 1.36%.
| 2000 | 2010 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | #12,450 | #13,186 | -5.91% |
| Count | 2,287 | 2,318 | 1.36% |
| Proportion per 100k | 0.85 | 0.79 | -7.06% |
Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Yelverton
In terms of ethnic identity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Yelverton identified as White or Black. From 2000 to 2010, the proportion of White individuals decreased slightly from 66.68% to 64.37%, whereas the percentage of Black individuals remained relatively steady at around 31%. The data also indicates a significant increase in the number of Yelvertons identifying as two or more races, surging by 130.69%. Meanwhile, those claiming Hispanic ethnicity almost doubled from 0.79% to 1.51%. No Yelvertons identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years.
| 2000 | 2010 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 66.68% | 64.37% | -3.46% |
| Black | 31.13% | 31.23% | 0.32% |
| Two or More Races | 1.01% | 2.33% | 130.69% |
| Hispanic | 0.79% | 1.51% | 91.14% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| American Indian and Alaskan Native | 0% | 0% | 0% |