Find out how popular the last name Yeomans is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Yeomans.

Yeomans, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Yeomans surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Yeomans in America

Yeomans is the 10689th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Yeomans surname appeared 2,990 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Yeomans.

We can also compare 2010 data for Yeomans to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Yeomans

The surname Yeomans is an English occupational name derived from the Old English word 'geman', meaning a villein, a man of peasant stock employed on a manor farm. It originated in the 11th century during the feudal system in England, where yeomen were farmers who cultivated their own land.

Yeomans is also a variant spelling of the surname Yeoman, which is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, the earliest surviving public record commissioned by William the Conqueror. One of the earliest recorded examples of the spelling 'Yeomans' is found in the Pipe Rolls of Gloucestershire in 1242, referring to a Robert le Yemans.

The name Yeomans is particularly associated with the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire in the southwest of England, where it first emerged. It is believed that the surname may have derived from a place name such as Yeomanstown or Yeomans Land, although no specific location with these names has been identified.

One of the earliest notable figures with the surname Yeomans was John Yeomans (c. 1510-1572), an English Catholic priest and martyr who was executed during the Reformation under Elizabeth I. Another was Robert Yeomans (c. 1572-1644), an English clergyman and academic who served as the Warden of Wadham College, Oxford.

In the 17th century, Sir Robert Yeomans (1619-1691) was a prominent English merchant and politician who served as the Lord Mayor of London in 1676. His son, John Yeomans (1650-1721), was a successful merchant and member of the East India Company.

Later notable individuals with the surname include George Yeomans (1800-1868), an English architect and surveyor who designed several churches and public buildings in London, and Sir Robert Yeomans (1845-1923), a British civil engineer and contractor who was involved in the construction of several major railway projects.

These are just a few examples of the historical figures who have carried the surname Yeomans, which has its roots in the agricultural society of medieval England and reflects the occupational origins of many English surnames.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Yeomans

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Yeomans.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Yeomans was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Yeomans has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Yeomans was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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