The Yarborough surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,839 people carried this name — #5,119 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,595 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Yarborough surname
In the first U.S. census, 1790
39 families named Yarborough, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 211 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 270 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Yarborough in American newspapers,
1887–1897.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,096 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Yarborough in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.
282 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yarborough. The most, 124, date from the 1850s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 4.5 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yarborough.
Who carried it
People named Yarborough,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ralph Yarborough 1903–1996 · judge -
William P. Yarborough 1912–2005 · military personnel -
Carter Wayne Yarborough d. 2018
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Henrietta Maria Yarborough 1667–1738
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William Burns Yarborough 1840–1913
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Tom Yarborough 1895–1969 · 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 Yarborough,
in the records of 3 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 States324 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 217
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
- Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Ralph H. YarboroughBorn 1922 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Croft, South Carolina; weaver from Rowan County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1996, buried at Magnolia Memorial Gardens, Charlotte, North Carolina.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Douglas YarboroughU.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1886, died 1974; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Yvonne B. YarboroughBorn 1916 in France. Entered the United States in 1941. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 324 records for Yarborough 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).
Australia6 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
- Tasmanian Names Index 2
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Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Joseph YarboroughDied 1852 in Hobart, Tasmania.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 1 of 6 records for Yarborough in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Capell Cooke YarboroughBuried in 1924 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Yarborough.
- Yanez 25,563 · U.S. census
- Yang 106,033 · U.S. census
- Yann 454 · U.S. census
- Yao 7,192 · U.S. census
- Yap 4,590 · U.S. census
- Yar 274 · U.S. census
- Yarbrough 24,749 · U.S. census
- Yard 1,651 · U.S. census
- Yassine 492 · U.S. census
- Yates 63,254 · U.S. census
- Yavuz 191 · U.S. census
- Yaya 241 · U.S. census
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