The Yancey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,566 people carried this name — #2,656 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 13,226 in 2000.

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In print

Yancey in American newspapers,
1913–1929.

Newspaper page from New Britain Herald carrying the name Yancey
New Britain Herald 1929-07-08
Newspaper page from The Bridgeport Evening Farmer carrying the name Yancey
The Bridgeport Evening Farmer 1913-04-02
Newspaper page from Monte Vista Journal And Monte Vista Graphic-reporter carrying the name Yancey
Monte Vista Journal And Monte Vista Graphic-reporter 1922-11-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 56,074 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Yancey in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1940s.

147 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yancey. The most, 58, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 38
Queensland 29
Victoria 28
Western Australia 16
Tasmania 14
South Australia 12
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yancey.

Who carried it

People named Yancey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bartlett Yancey
    Bartlett Yancey 1785–1828 · lawyer
  • William Lowndes Yancey
    William Lowndes Yancey 1814–1863 · lawyer
  • Benjamin Cudworth Yancey Jr.
    Benjamin Cudworth Yancey Jr. 1817–1891 · lawyer
  • Jeremiah Yancey 1745–1784
  • Jechonias Yancey 1765–1820
  • Joel Yancey 1773–1838 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Yancey,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States782 records

782 records of the Yancey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 486
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 215
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 53
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Adrian D. Yancey

    Born 1924 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Huntington; miner from Kanawha County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Kanawha Valley Memorial Gardens, Glasgow, West Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Craig Martin Yancey

    Born 1950; from Tulsa, Oklahoma. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joseph R. Yancey

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1943, died 1996; buried at Shiloh Bapt Ch Cemetery, Bowling Green, Virginia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 782 records for Yancey in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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