Yarbrough & Peoples

Biography & Overview

Yarborough or Yarbrough are related English toponymic surnames. They originated from Yarburgh (Yarborough) in Lincolnshire, named from the Old English habitational or topographic name eorðburg ‘earthworks’, ‘fortifications’, (a compound of eorðe or eorethe ‘earth’, ‘soil’ + burg ‘fortress’, ‘burrow’). Variants include Yerberg, Yarburgh, Yarboro, Yarbro and other forms. Notable people with the surname include: Alex Yarbrough (born 1991), American baseball player Barton Yarborough (1900–1951), American radio actor Cale Yarborough (1939–2023), American race car driver Camille Yarbrough (born 1934), American musician Cavin Yarbrough (1954–2025), American musician, member of the musical group Yarbrough and Peoples Cecil S.