Yearn Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 3
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 15
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 7
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Yearn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Yearn family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Shoemaker 3
Power Loom Weaver 2
Formerly Agricultural Labourer 1
Farm Labourer 1
Infant 1
Coal Miner 1
Nurse 1
Servant 1
Underlooker Coal 1
Daughter 1
Son 1
Stone Mason 1
Stone Masons Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Yearn

Name Census Frequency
William Yearn 33
James Yearn 28
Sarah Yearn 26
Mary Yearn 21
John Yearn 19
Thomas Yearn 18
George Yearn 16
Elizabeth Yearn 14
Martha Yearn 11
Frank Yearn 10
Joseph Yearn 10
Arthur Yearn 8
Margaret Yearn 8
Alice Yearn 7
Ann Yearn 7
Alfred Yearn 6
Emily Yearn 6
Hannah Yearn 6
Harry Yearn 5
Clara Yearn 4
Emma Yearn 4
Jane Yearn 4
Phoebe Yearn 4
Robert Yearn 4
Sophia Yearn 4

Yearn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Yearn 100% 368
2 Youren 50% 240
3 Yernn 60% 148
4 Yourn 60% 105

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The surname Yearn is the most popular version of all its varients

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