These are the most common Mexican last names beginning with Y, ranked by how many people in Mexico have the name today.
Y is one of the least frequent first letters. Only two of these names are in the top thousand in Mexico. However, there are more pre-conquest indigenous names than many other letters.
The names ending in “tl” are recognizably Nahuatl. Names ending in “mea” are typically of the Yaqui people of the Sonoran desert. There is also an Arabic name in the list. I’ll point them out with their meanings in later sections.
These rankings come from a database of over 1.25 million workers published by Mexico’s Ministry of Public Education.
List Of Mexican Last Names Starting With Y
Let’s start with the alphabetical list of names from Yado to Ybarra.
Yañez is the most common name in this list. You also see a less common variant, Yanes. The Spanish name literally means “son of Juan”, or hijo de Juan.
Yahuitl on this list is an indigenous Nahuatl name. It translates as dark corn (like maize).
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Yado | 3,762 | 87,335 |
| Yahuaca | 4,098 | 159,712 |
| Yahuitl | 6,099 | |
| Yanes | 3,485 | 6,590 |
| Yañez | 384 | 1,385 |
| Yaxi | 6,775 | |
| Ybarra | 2,502 | 1,619 |
Mexican Names From Yebra to Yera
Yepez is only the second name in this list to make the top thousand names in Mexico. It also has the variant Yepes here. This habitational name stems from the town of Yepes in Toledo in Spain.
Yectli is an indigenous Nahuatl name. The meaning comes from the words yec (good) and tli (person who is). So, it means a good person. It is also used as a first name.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Yebra | 2,062 | 30,165 |
| Yectli | 4,098 | |
| Yedra | 2,997 | |
| Yeladaqui | 5,158 | |
| Yepes | 6,775 | 19,834 |
| Yepez | 945 | 5,411 |
| Yepiz | 2,266 | 33,196 |
| Yera | 5,590 | 42,237 |
Mexican Names From Yerbafria to Yevismea
Yescas is the most common name in this section. It is generally considered to be a variant of Illescas, a town in Toledo in Spain.
Yerbafria and Yerbes both derive their meaning from the Spanish for herb. The former name means “cold herb”, with fria being cold.
The only name in this section that is clearly indigenous is Yevismea. Sources differ on whether this is a Yaqui or Mayo name, but these are both related Yoreme groups. The meaning translates as “the one with the painted face.”
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Yerbafria | 5,590 | |
| Yerbes | 5,158 | |
| Yerena | 2,861 | 26,772 |
| Yerenas | 6,775 | |
| Yerves | 2,553 | |
| Yescas | 1,178 | 23,817 |
| Yeverino | 4,802 | 93,921 |
| Yevismea | 3,762 |
Mexican Names From Valera to Vazquez
Yocupicio is the most common name in this section, just outside the top thousand.
This is an indigenous name, originating with the Yoreme or Mayo people, usually found in southern Sonora. The meaning comes from the Mayo word Yukku‑picio, which refers to a drizzle.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Yllescas | 3,605 | 110,825 |
| Yobal | 5,590 | |
| Yoc | 6,775 | 61,123 |
| Yocupicio | 1,031 | 100,791 |
| Yolanda | 6,775 | |
| Yolimea | 6,775 | |
| Yonca | 4,802 | |
| Yopihua | 3,605 | |
| Yoval | 3,357 |
Mexican Names From Yrurzum to Yzquierdo
Yuca is the most common name in this section. It may come from the Spanish for a cassava plant.
Yrurzum is a Basque name, with the meaning from the Basque words irur (three) and -tzun (place of). It likely referred to a collection of three dwellings.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Yrurzum | 4,802 | |
| Ysidro | 4,098 | |
| Yuca | 3,485 | |
| Yucupicio | 5,158 | |
| Yudiche | 5,158 | |
| Yunes | 5,158 | 96,799 |
| Yupit | 3,357 | |
| Yuriar | 5,158 | 92,358 |
| Yzquierdo | 5,158 | 59,901 |
Notes About The List
The data comes from an open database of 1,256,438 federal education workers published by Mexico’s Secretaría de Educación Pública. The processed data is published on GitHub as mexican-names.
People in Mexico carry two surnames, the father’s followed by the mother’s. Our ranking uses the father’s surname, which is the one a person is normally known by.
Related lists
For surnames common among Hispanic Americans, see our list of Hispanic last names starting with Y.
You can also use our surname ranking tool to check how a name ranked in the 2000 and 2010 U.S. censuses.
