The Yancy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,384 people carried this name — #7,580 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,429 in 2000.

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In print

Yancy in American newspapers,
1912.

Newspaper page from The Chanute Times carrying the name Yancy
The Chanute Times 1912-06-21
Newspaper page from The Olneyville Times carrying the name Yancy
The Olneyville Times 1912-09-06
Newspaper page from The Lamar Register carrying the name Yancy
The Lamar Register 1912-05-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,853 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Yancy in Australian newspapers,
1860s–2000s.

63 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yancy. The most, 25, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 21
New South Wales 18
Victoria 10
South Australia 6
Western Australia 5
Tasmania 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Yancy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Art Yancy d. 2025 · basketball player
  • Tommy J. Yancy Jr. d. 2014
  • Allen Yancy 1881–1941 · politician
  • Leon Yancy 1923–2016 · veteran
  • Marvin Yancy 1950–1985 · songwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Yancy,
in the records of 2 countries.

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 States261 records

261 records of the Yancy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 138
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 84
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Joseph Stanley Yancy

    Born 1945; from New York, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herman Yancy

    Born 1915 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Tyler; driver from Smith County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Mason Cemetery, Arp, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Henry E. Yancy

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1934, died 1988; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

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

Showing 3 of 261 records for Yancy 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France5 records

5 records of the Yancy name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Catherine Yancy

    Born 1895 in Hasparren; died 1974 in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Paul Yancy

    Born 1906 in Saint-Jean-le-Vieux; died 1983 in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marguerite Arlette Pierrette Yancy

    Born 1936 in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques); died 1975 in Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Yancy in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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