The Yarbrough surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 24,749 people carried this name — #1,441 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 24,063 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Yarbrough surname

Habitational surname, from Yarborough and Yarburgh in Lincolnshire, from a compound of Old English eorþe (“earth”) + burh (“stronghold”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Yarbrough» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Yarborough’ — the first of the origins he gives.

An early record he cites: Gilbert de Yerdeburc, Lincolnshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Yarborough and Yarbrough.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 832 · public domain.

In print

Yarbrough in American newspapers,
1910–1928.

Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Yarbrough
The Topeka State Journal 1910-03-03
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Yarbrough
The Indianapolis Times 1928-10-01
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Yarbrough
The Topeka State Journal 1916-05-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,948 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Yarbrough in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

34 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yarbrough. The most, 9, date from the 1870s.

Articles, by state

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

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

Who carried it

People named Yarbrough,
with a public archive behind them.

  • C. S. Yarbrough
    C. S. Yarbrough 1878–1946 · physician
  • Glenn Yarbrough
    Glenn Yarbrough 1930–2016 · singer
  • Henry M. Yarbrough 1884–1982 · mathematician
  • Joseph Ussery Yarbrough 1886–1963 · academic
  • Jean Yarbrough 1900–1975 · actor
  • Jean Yarbrough 1901–1975 · actor

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 Yarbrough,
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 States1,154 records

1,154 records of the Yarbrough name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 836
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 284
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 5
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Leverett E. Yarbrough

    Born 1950; from Atlanta, Georgia. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; died in an accident 1970 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Buried at Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia.

    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 Harry S. Yarbrough

    Born 1898 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; blacksmith from Fulton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1949, buried at Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jesse Yarbrough

    Born 1921 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1945 at Drew Field Tampa, Florida; barn boss. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1996, buried at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,154 records for Yarbrough in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

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