The Yazzie surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,949 people carried this name — #2,424 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 13,915 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Yazzie surname

Borrowed from Navajo, from Navajo yázhí (“little one”), a commonly adopted surname when the BIA required Native Americans to take surnames for the purpose of official records.

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

In print

Yazzie in American newspapers,
1926–1930.

Newspaper page from The Winslow Mail carrying the name Yazzie
The Winslow Mail 1926-05-21
Newspaper page from The Winslow Mail carrying the name Yazzie
The Winslow Mail 1926-06-04
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Yazzie
South Bend News-times 1930-05-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Yazzie,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Ann Yazzie 1923–2020 · maid
  • James Wayne Yazzie 1943–1969 · artist
  • Johnny Yazzie 1945–2021 · painter

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

In the public record

People named Yazzie,
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 States102 records

102 records of the Yazzie name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 82
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 16
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Henry H. Yazzie

    Born 1910 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Toadlena Community Cemetery, Farmington, New Mexico.

    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 Leonard Lee Yazzie

    Born 1945; from Pinon, Arizona. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 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 Ned Yazzie

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II. Born 1908, died 2000; buried at Kayenta Community Cemetery, Arizona.

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

Showing 3 of 102 records for Yazzie 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, 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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