Yarbrough
English edit
Etymology edit
Habitational surname, from Yarborough and Yarburgh in Lincolnshire, from a compound of Old English eorþe (“earth”) + burh (“stronghold”).
Proper noun edit
Yarbrough (plural Yarbroughs)
- A surname from Old English.
- An unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Yarbrough is the 1441st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 24749 individuals. Yarbrough is most common among White (70.61%) and Black/African American (23.73%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yarbrough”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.