Explore the Family Name Yerian

The meaning of Yerian

Americanized form of German Irion. Compare Yarian. History: Matthias Irion arrived in Philadelphia, PA, from the Palatinate, Germany, on the ship Pleasant, in October 1732. His surname was also recorded in the spellings Jurian and Jeryon which are not found in Germany.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Yerian has slightly declined in the past decade. In 2000, it was ranked as the 31,053rd most prevalent surname and this dropped to the 32,900th position by 2010, a decrease of around 5.95%. There were 707 people with the Yerian surname in 2000, which slightly decreased to 697 by 2010, representing a decrease of 1.41%. The proportion of individuals with the Yerian surname per 100,000 people also fell from 0.26 to 0.24 over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,053	#32,900	-5.95%
Count	707	697	-1.41%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.24	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Yerian

When analyzing the ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, we can see some changes in the ethnic identity associated with the Yerian surname between 2000 and 2010. The majority identified as White, but there was a small decrease from 95.05% to 92.83%. A significant increase was observed in those identifying as Hispanic, from 2.12% to 3.59%. There was also an increase in people identifying as two or more races, up from 1.70% to 2.30%. In 2010, for the first time, a small percentage (0.86%) identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native. No individuals with the Yerian surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.05%	92.83%	-2.34%
Hispanic	2.12%	3.59%	69.34%
Two or More Races	1.7%	2.3%	35.29%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.86%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%