Greenberg Surname
Approximately 47,271 people bear this surname
Greenberg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34,482 | 1:10,512 | 1,289 |
| Israel | 9,035 | 1:947 | 53 |
| Canada | 1,874 | 1:19,661 | 2,747 |
| England | 651 | 1:85,588 | 9,383 |
| South Africa | 397 | 1:136,468 | 15,793 |
| Australia | 242 | 1:111,552 | 12,427 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Thailand | 52 | 1:1,358,430 | 190,094 |
| Japan | 52 | 1:2,458,544 | 30,480 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Russia | 35 | 1:4,117,802 | 198,221 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Northern Ireland | 20 | 1:92,252 | 5,957 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:221,038 | 13,576 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 1:1,047,926 | 4,985 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 129 | 1:188,956 | 15,351 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 264 | 1:190,222 | 16,737 |
Greenberg (102) may also be a first name.
Greenberg Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
See Grunberg.
(German) One who came from Grunberg (green mountain), in Hesse, Germany.
(from a place name) There is a town of Greenberg in Hesse, Germany, and a Greenberg in Silesia. This latter town was formerly an important center of wool weaving. Polish and Russian wool would be imported and material known as “Griinberg” cloth would be exported. Many Jews were in this business and were known as “Griinberg merchants.” When they had to take permanent family names, many of these businessmen called themselves Greenberg.
User-submitted Reference
A German surname, referring to someone who came from Grünberg/Gruenberg (a green mountain). There are multiple so named locations.
- deleted-173293This last name means 'green mountain'.
- skovenskyThis surname means 'green hill'.
- tlgreenberg80Greenberg Demographics
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Greenberg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greenberg Come From? nationality or country of origin
Greenberg (Arabic: جرينبرج) is most common in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Greenberg click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Greenberg? popularity and diffusion
It is the 11,887th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 154,165 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Greenberg live; 77 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 935,178th most frequent first name globally, borne by 102 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 34,482 people, or 1 in 10,512. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 22 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Beside The United States it exists in 73 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.
Greenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Greenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Greenberg surname grew 13,061 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 505 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Greenberg Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Jewish (100%) in Ireland and Maronite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Greenberg surname are 39.98% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.21% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Greenberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.74% less than the national average, earning 263,916 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 95.64% more than the national average, earning R 464,916 per year; in United States they earn 33.65% more than the national average, earning $57,669 USD per year and in Canada they earn 47.33% more than the national average, earning $73,197 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenbergs | 95 | 12 | / |
| Greenberrg | 95 | 6 | / |
| Greenbergh | 95 | 1 | / |
| Greenbaerg | 95 | 1 | / |
| Grenberg | 94 | 128 | / |
| Greenburg | 89 | 1,988 | / |
| Gruenberg | 89 | 1,634 | / |
| Groenberg | 89 | 229 | / |
| Greenbarg | 89 | 63 | / |
| Greemberg | 89 | 24 | / |
| Grennberg | 89 | 21 | / |
| Greynberg | 89 | 3 | / |
| Grienberg | 89 | 2 | / |
| Greenborg | 89 | 1 | / |
| Grrenberg | 89 | 1 | / |
| Greanberg | 89 | 0 | / |
| Greenwerg | 89 | 0 | / |
| Grnberg | 88 | 78 | / |
| Greenburgh | 84 | 39 | / |
| Grinberg | 82 | 6,409 | / |
| Grünberg | 82 | 4,841 | / |
| Grönberg | 82 | 2,543 | / |
| Grynberg | 82 | 651 | / |
| Grønberg | 82 | 308 | / |
| Gremberg | 82 | 28 | / |
| Grínberg | 82 | 1 | / |
| Grenburg | 82 | 0 | / |
| Greisenburg | 80 | 0 | / |
| Grinbergs | 78 | 2,575 | / |
| Gruenburg | 78 | 48 | / |
| Grennborg | 78 | 36 | / |
| Grīnbergs | 78 | 18 | / |
| Grönbergs | 78 | 16 | / |
| Groenborg | 78 | 7 | / |
| Grünbergs | 78 | 6 | / |
| Gruemberg | 78 | 6 | / |
| Griemberg | 78 | 4 | / |
| Grønnberg | 78 | 4 | / |
| Graunberg | 78 | 4 | / |
| Greenbark | 78 | 4 | / |
| Grainberg | 78 | 2 | / |
| Grrenburg | 78 | 2 | / |
| Grienburg | 78 | 0 | / |
| Gruenborg | 78 | 0 | / |
| Groenburg | 78 | 0 | / |
| Greenburgová | 76 | 1 | / |
| Grnborg | 75 | 19 | / |
| Grouenburg | 74 | 16 | / |
| Grinbeerrg | 74 | 1 | / |
| Grimberg | 71 | 4,212 | / |
| Grønborg | 71 | 329 | / |
| Grönborg | 71 | 260 | / |
| Grymberg | 71 | 32 | / |
| Grinburg | 71 | 9 | / |
| Grinbarg | 71 | 6 | / |
| Grömberg | 71 | 1 | / |
| Grünburg | 71 | 1 | / |
| Grenbark | 71 | 1 | / |
| Grinberk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Grinbergová | 70 | 5 | / |
| Grünbergová | 70 | 4 | / |
| Growenburgh | 70 | 0 | / |
| Grimbergs | 67 | 16 | / |
| Grimmberg | 67 | 7 | / |
Greenberg Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Greenberg in the Arabic language | ||
| جرينبرج | jrynbrj | - |
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Greenberg Reference & Research
Greenberg DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Greenberg FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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