The Yun surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,933 people carried this name — #3,981 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,000 people counted. That is up 29% from 6,927 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Yun surname

From Korean 윤 (Yun), from 윤 (yun, “governor, official”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Yun» (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 97 people named Yun 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.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 97

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

55 people named Yun live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 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 11
Vaud 10
Fribourg 8
Geneva 8
Zug 5
Basel-Landschaft 4
Bern 3
Basel-Stadt 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

23 people named Yun is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 23

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

Yun in American newspapers,
1910–1922.

Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Yun
The Birmingham Age-herald 1913-11-30
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Yun
The Birmingham Age-herald 1910-03-18
Newspaper page from Southern Christian Advocate carrying the name Yun
Southern Christian Advocate 1922-12-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 252 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Yun in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

703 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yun. The most, 122, date from the 1910s. Queensland 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 the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 184
New South Wales 172
Victoria 166
ACT (Canberra) 63
South Australia 46
Western Australia 32
Tasmania 21

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

Who carried it

People named Yun,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Yun Shouping
    Yun Shouping 1633–1690 · writer
  • Yun Gan 638–690
  • Yun Wei 1470–1529 · politician
  • Yun Fu 1484–1556 · politician
  • Yun Shaofang 1518– · politician
  • Yun Juechu 1571–1652 · poet

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 Yun,
in the records of 6 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 States57 records

57 records of the Yun name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 39
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 10
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edward R. Yun

    Born 1920 in Nebraska. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Crook; salesperson from Douglas County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota.

    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 Frank T. Yun

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1943, died 1999; buried at St Anthony's Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania.

    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 Takua I. Yun

    Born 1899 in Korea. Registered as a foreign national in Honolulu, Hawaii, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 57 records for Yun 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Yun name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Geo Yun

    Arrived in Victoria in 1905 aboard the Changsha, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Jack Yun

    Held a miner's right in Queensland in 1876.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record M. W. Yun

    Sailed from Victoria in 1879 aboard the Claud Hamilton, bound for New Zealand, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Yun in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Yun name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jop Kong Yun

    Died 1956; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Song Wing Yun

    Died 1937; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Yue Yun

    Buried in 1966 at Chinese Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Yun in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Yun name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Moij Yun

    Married in 1942 in Breda. Died 1943 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Sia Tehen Yun

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1905 in Chekiang.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Yun in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Yun 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 Saroeun Yun

    Born 1983 in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime); died 2001 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Va Yun

    Born 1923 in Cambodia; died 1998 in Boulazac (Dordogne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Yun name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Lee Yun

    Died 1888, aged 50; buried at Addington Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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