Yancy

Yancy is the 7,657th most common surname in the United States, shared by 4,168 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 71,700.

By the numbers

People: 4,168
Rank: 7,657th
How common: 1 in 71,700
Per 100,000: 1.4

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Yancy described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Black, not Hispanic 53.8%
White, not Hispanic 35.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino 4.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Surnames like Yancy

Also a first name

Yancy has been given to 2,951 American babies as a first name since 1886, peaking in 1959. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.