The Yon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,969 people carried this name — #10,748 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 99,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,833 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Yon surname
From French Yon, from the Latin personal name Ionis. Ionis was also named as a daughter of Ἴναχος (Ínakhos), see Ἰώ (Iṓ).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Yon» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,026 people named Yon.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 départements, most often Manche.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 35 people named Yon live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Yon in American newspapers,
1876–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,335,258 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Yon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edmond Yon 1841–1897 · engraver -
Tom A. Yon 1882–1971 · politician -
Pietro Yon 1886–1943 · composer -
Pietro Yon 1886–1943 · composer
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Anna Lampérière 1854–1924 · writer
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Albert Yon 1888–1970 · literary scholar
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Yon.
- Ybanez 1,709 · U.S. census
- Yde 227 · U.S. census
- Ye 9,839 · U.S. census
- Yildirim 591 · U.S. census
- Yildiz 678 · U.S. census
- Yılmaz 1,427 · U.S. census
- Yong 3,123 · U.S. census
- You 5,234 · U.S. census
- Younes 1,324 · U.S. census
- Young 484,447 · U.S. census
- Youssef 3,700 · U.S. census
- Yriarte 115 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Yon is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.