How Many People Have the Last Name Yates?
people had the surname Yates in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 4,664 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,854 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Yates (80.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 14.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Yates ranks #390. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 82.6% to 80.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Yates grew from 61,400 people in 2000 to 63,254 in 2010 (up 3%), and its rank fell from #491 to #535. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 22.76 to 21.44 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 61,400 | 63,254 |
| Rank | #491 | #535 |
| Per 100,000 people | 22.76 | 21.44 |
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👤 Yates as a First Name
Yates is a first name too: about 298 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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