Last Name YORK

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Meaning	Local: Of York. Local: A city in England at the time next in esteem to London. Verstegan derives its name from 'Eure-ric' or 'Eouer-ric,' of 'Euere,' a wild boar, and 'rye,' a refuge; a retreat from the wild boars which were in the forest of Gautries. The Romans called the city 'Eboracum;' it is memorable for the death of two emperors, Severus and Constantius Chlorus, and for the nativity of Constantine the Great.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Chilean, Irish, Belgian

Rank	596 (2000 US census)	613 (1990 US census)

Count	51,334 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

87.72%, or 45030 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.69%, or 3948 total occurrences, as black,
0.6%, or 308 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.93%, or 477 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.45%, or 744 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.61%, or 826 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...