The Yoon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,936 people carried this name — #2,287 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,500 people counted. That is up 38% from 11,563 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Yoon surname

Borrowed from Korean 윤(尹) (Yun).

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 260 people named Yoon 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 232
Buenos Aires Province 16
Córdoba 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

58 people named Yoon live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 21
Lucerne 9
Aargau 6
Geneva 6
Vaud 6
Basel-Landschaft 4
Bern 3
Thurgau 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

39 people named Yoon is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 39

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Yoon in American newspapers,
1905–1908.

Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Yoon
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1905-07-18
Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Yoon
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1908-08-03
Newspaper page from The Hawaiian Gazette carrying the name Yoon
The Hawaiian Gazette 1905-07-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 91 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Yoon in Australian newspapers,
1840s–2000s.

243 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yoon. The most, 73, date from the 1950s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 48
New South Wales 47
Queensland 38
ACT (Canberra) 31
South Australia 25
Western Australia 24
Tasmania 16

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

Who carried it

People named Yoon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Yun Kwan
    Yun Kwan 1040–1111 · military personnel
  • Yun Hyo-jeon
    Yun Hyo-jeon 1563–1619 · writer
  • Yun Sŏndo
    Yun Sŏndo 1587–1671 · writer
  • Yun Hyu
    Yun Hyu 1617–1680 · writer
  • Yun Ch'iho
    Yun Ch'iho 1864–1945 · teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Yun Sŏndo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 152 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Yoon,
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 States49 records

49 records of the Yoon name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 14
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 9
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jacob B. C. Yoon

    Born 1925 in Hawaiian Islands. Enlisted 1945 at Camp Hood Killeen, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe, Hawaii.

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

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1992; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Mal S. Yoon

    Born 1900 in Korea. Registered as a foreign national in Maui County, Hawaii, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 49 records for Yoon in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Yoon name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Yung Joo Yoon

    Buried in 1980 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 42.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Marguerite Yoon

    Married 1868 in Richmond, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Angelique Yoon

    Married 1868 in Richmond, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France3 records

3 records of the Yoon 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 Kyong Me Yoon

    Born 1904 in Seoul (Corée); died 1999 in Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Yoon 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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Surnames next to Yoon.

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