Yon Family Crest and Last Name Background

The Yon family name is well attested in modern population records. 2,969 Americans were listed as Yon in the 2010 census. French civil records give 2,497 births under the name Yon from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970. There were 100 such births in the 1890s and 239 in the 1990s.

Surname origin

No reliable dictionary entry explains Yon, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.

Similar names

Heraldry and the Yon name

There is no single Yon family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Yon line, if any, bore arms.

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