Yoakum Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Spellings drift, and Yoakum is where Yocum drifted for some families. The family name meaning is “Descendant of Jojakim (Yah makes to stand still)”, the same as for Yocum.

Yoakum and Yocum

Before spelling was fixed, Yocum was also written Yoakum. The same family of names includes Yokum and Yocom.

The 2010 US Census counted 2,395 people named Yoakum, ranking it number 12,856 among American surnames.

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