Yacono

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈjækənoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Yacono is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 796K(measured from records)
  • CNChina≈1 in 66K
  • ARArgentina1 in 105K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈21,000 people, est.

Sources
150 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 66K (inferred from the name graph)

China, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yacono counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Yacono is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈21,000 est.≈1 in 66K—Yacono3
AR Argentina4341 in 105K434—1
US United States4181 in 796K435Yacono150
FR France≈170 est.≈1 in 396K18——
DZ Algeria≈120 est.≈1 in 361K—Yacono1
UY Uruguay241 in 141K24——
NZ New Zealand≈23 est.≈1 in 215K—Yacono1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Yacono is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Peru, United States, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Yácono, Ya'Cono

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Yácono

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Xavier Yaconob. 1912FRFrench historian (1912-1990)
  • Jean-Christophe Yaconob. 1965FRMultimedia visual artist, photographer, author/director of interactive and digital works for screens and public spaces (born 1965)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Yacono,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Yacono
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020435#51,662
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—434—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010418#50,106
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000370#52,608
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196139—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198125—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—24—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197124—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199118—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19515—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19212—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19112—

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Yacono?
A machine transcription gives /ˈjækənoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Yacono have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 21 thousand people named Yacono in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yacono.
How common is the name Yacono?
In Argentina, the national register counted 434 people named Yacono, about 1 in 105 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yacono”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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