Yoon is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yoon
No. of characters: 4
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Yoon

How popular is Yoon?

Yoon is common in China.

Yoon is ranked 600 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Yoons grew by 37.8189 per cent to 15936 since 2000 and ranked 2287 after elevating 561 spots. The last name was found in around 54 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 95.89 95.52
White 2.06 2.16
Others 1.31 1.61
Hispanic or Latino 0.54 0.42
Yoon is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Korea which signifies that it is originated from South Korea. Around 865760 people have been found who wears Yoon as their family name. Yoon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
11,802 Egypt4
957 Mongolia4
114,007 Czech Republic4
10,686 Costa Rica3
32,695 Nigeria3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
16,136 Kenya3
4,138 Bahrain3
4,881 Oman3
32,086 Mexico3
5,671 Guatemala2
4,367 Afghanistan2
2,835 Libya2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
23,344 Austria2
14,004 Hungary2
19,046 Ireland2
10,183 Jordan2
44,018 Poland2
21,929 Algeria2
7,314 Bolivia1
13,606 Senegal1
123,175 Tanzania1
108 North Korea1
10,958 Bangladesh1
90,903 Moldova1
880 Djibouti1
24,460 Armenia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
3,307 Malta1
38,830 Morocco1
12,270 Lebanon1
2,724 New Caledonia1
16,073 Latvia1
21,562 Portugal1
36,814 Romania1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
1,819 Laos1
3,586 Honduras1
1,179 Swaziland1
14,644 Tunisia1
2,715 Gabon1
12,741 Ecuador1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
18,969 Wales1
6,967 Macedonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,773 Denmark39
197,587 Indonesia34
23,443 Norway26
52,530 Belgium22
42,407 Sweden22
536,142 India13
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,606 Peru100
25,821 Netherlands97
27,183 Spain97
5,848 Scotland92
2,902 Qatar88
10,596 Colombia87
12,775 Israel82
131,777 Russia81
528 Brunei79
5,314 Kuwait70
35,558 Kazakhstan67
11,009 Finland60
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Yoon:
437 Hong Kong747
11,706 England527
792 Taiwan464
7,889 Saudi Arabia423
29,119 Brazil413
27,922 France355
11,234 Uzbekistan303
2,929 New Zealand260
23,599 Argentina224
623 Thailand180
44,259 Italy179
27,627 Turkey175
6,068 United Arab Emirates161
39,125 South Africa128
8,562 Slovakia124
9,988 Switzerland117
524 Macau107
Countries with thousands of Yoon:
453 Malaysia8,120
552 Vietnam5,366
2,331 Canada2,142
7,469 Philippines1,933
5,773 Germany1,614
1,132 Cambodia1,368
489 Singapore1,106
2,985 Australia1,032
Countries with ten thousands of Yoon:
963 Japan16,969
2,389 United States16,814
293 Myanmar12,536
Countries with hundred thousands of Yoon:
9 South Korea688,390
342 China102,170
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Yoon Namesakes

  • Aaliyah Yoong, Alex Yoong's sister
  • Alex Yoong, Racing driver
  • Im Yoona, Singer
  • Oh Yoon-ah, Actress
  • Alex Yoong, Racing driver
  • Alister Yoong, Alex Yoong's son
  • Cho Yoon-jeong, Tennis player
  • Cho Yoon-jeong, Tennis player
  • Park Yoon-ki, Soccer player
  • Lee Yoon-hyung, Lee Kun-hee's daughter
  • Ah-min Yoon played the significant character of N in 2014 drama, romance movie Eo-neu nal cheos-sa-rang-i chyeo deul-eo-wass-da.
  • In 2013, Da-kyung Yoon portrayed the role of Oh Jung-Sook in comedy movie Kong-ga-ne.
  • So Jung Yoon characterized the crucial role of Mother in 2013 drama movie My Dear Girl, Jin-young.
  • In 2005, Seo Hyun Yoon portrayed the role of Detective Park in action, crime film Miseuteo Sokeurateseu.
  • Chae-Yi Yoon played the leading role of Yeon-hee in 2011 comedy and drama movie Wonbyeokhan Pateuneo.
  • In 2014 drama, romance flick, Sa-rang-man-eui eon-eo, Sungmo Yoon portrayed N.
  • Sang-hwa Yoon, from 2017 comedy, drama movie Yeobaeoo-neun Oneuldo, who characterized the N.

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