The Yount surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,817 people carried this name — #4,538 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,705 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

20 families named Yount, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 138 people lived in those households, 6.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 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

North Carolina 10
Pennsylvania 9
Maryland 1

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

Yount in American newspapers,
1908–1911.

Newspaper page from The Daily Ardmoreite carrying the name Yount
The Daily Ardmoreite 1911-08-21
Newspaper page from Perrysburg Journal carrying the name Yount
Perrysburg Journal 1911-02-17
Newspaper page from The Cecil Whig carrying the name Yount
The Cecil Whig 1908-08-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40,391 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Yount in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

414 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yount. The most, 89, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 194
New South Wales 79
Queensland 74
South Australia 33
Tasmania 21
Western Australia 13

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

Who carried it

People named Yount,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George C. Yount
    George C. Yount 1794–1865 · businessperson
  • Harry Yount
    Harry Yount 1839–1924 · military personnel
  • Barton Kyle Yount
    Barton Kyle Yount 1884–1949 · military personnel
  • Paul F. Yount
    Paul F. Yount 1908–1984 · military personnel
  • Elizabeth Anne Yount 1826–1855
  • Miles Franklin Yount 1880–1933 · businessperson

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 Yount,
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 States405 records

405 records of the Yount name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 301
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 83
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lewon E. Yount

    Born 1902 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; driver from St Louis City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1965, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 William Henry Yount

    Born 1943; from Millington, Tennessee. U.S. Army, attack helicopter pilot; killed in action 1970 in Binh Long, 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 Dale R. Yount

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1934, died 1991; buried at Fayetteville National Cemetery, Arkansas.

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

Showing 3 of 405 records for Yount 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 · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Yount name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Martha Yount

    Arrived in Victoria in 1868 aboard the Queen of the North, aged 22.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Emilia Yount

    Sailed from Victoria in 1855 aboard the Yarra Yarra, bound for Sydney, aged 29.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Yount in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Yount name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Angus Yount

    Born 1906 in Bridgeport, Cape Breton, 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. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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