Greathouse Surname

51,470th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,960 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Mariana Islands

Greathouse Surname User-submission:

A known variation of Grothusen. It comes from the Low German, words of grot(h), which means 'large' or 'great' and haus, which means 'house'. Therefore, the conclusion is that the name might have been topographic, for someone who lived in or by a large house or farmstead.

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Greathouse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,9181:36,5464,539
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Northern Mariana Islands81:6,822652
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1681:42,9955,003

Greathouse (23) may also be a first name.

Greathouse Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A known variation of Grothusen. It comes from the Low German, words of grot(h), which means 'large' or 'great' and haus, which means 'house'. Therefore, the conclusion is that the name might have been topographic, for someone who lived in or by a large house or farmstead.

It is believed that the name came from East Prussia, where it started in humble beginnings but gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society.

With immigration, specially to the Americas, the name became even more spread around the world, gaining other variations.

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The name originated from the Germanic, gruhassen, meaning 'master of the land'.

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Greathouse Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Greathouse Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Greathouse is found most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Greathouse.

How Common Is The Last Name Greathouse? popularity and diffusion

The surname Greathouse is the 51,470th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 731,681 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Greathouse reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Greathouse is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 23 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 9,918 people, or 1 in 36,546. In The United States it is most common in: Ohio, where 13 percent reside, Texas, where 11 percent reside and West Virginia, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent reside and Northern Mariana Islands, where 0 percent reside.

Greathouse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Greathouse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Greathouse surname rose 849 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Greathouse Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Greathouse last name are 9.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.25% registered with the political party.

Greathouse earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.7% less than the national average, earning $38,965 USD per year.

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