Greenfield Surname
Approximately 31,596 people bear this surname
Greenfield Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the green field'; compare Grenfell.
Willelmus Grenefeld, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Elena Grenefeld, 1379: ibid.
Greenfield Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,114 | 1:20,010 | 2,522 |
| England | 5,985 | 1:9,310 | 1,360 |
| Israel | 2,289 | 1:3,739 | 520 |
| Australia | 1,879 | 1:14,367 | 2,036 |
| Canada | 1,083 | 1:34,022 | 4,378 |
| New Zealand | 433 | 1:10,458 | 1,818 |
| South Africa | 320 | 1:169,305 | 18,832 |
| Liberia | 308 | 1:14,313 | 1,502 |
| Northern Ireland | 239 | 1:7,720 | 1,318 |
| Jamaica | 181 | 1:15,856 | 1,493 |
| Wales | 180 | 1:17,192 | 1,863 |
| Scotland | 162 | 1:33,048 | 3,292 |
| Ecuador | 35 | 1:454,453 | 10,445 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 158 | 1:28,037 | 2,919 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,177 | 1:7,672 | 1,178 |
| Scotland | 142 | 1:26,361 | 2,369 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:120,647 | 5,000 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,023 | 1:24,824 | 3,083 |
Greenfield (202) may also be a first name.
Greenfield Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the green field'; compare Grenfell.
Willelmus Grenefeld, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Elena Grenefeld, 1379: ibid.
A common self-explanatory place name. The seal of Master William Greenfield (1289) reads, S' Wil'mi de Grenefevd (Macdonald, 1165). Thomas Greinfield, a Scot, had letters of denisation in England, 1480 (Bain, IV, 1465). W. Greenfield in Dunbeath, 1816.
(English) Dweller at the verdant field or pasture.
A Lincolnshire hamlet. Also a corruption of Grenville or Granville.
Armorially identified with Granville.
(English), Green field. Greenham, Green home. Greenhow and Greenhaugh, Green hill or meadow. (variant: How.) Greenshields, Green shielings. Greensmith, Smith dwelling on the village green.
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Greenfield Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greenfield Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Greenfield is found most in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Greenfield? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 17,519th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 230,648 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Greenfield are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 637,340th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, held by 202 people.
The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 18,114 people, or 1 in 20,010. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 13 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Barring The United States it occurs in 69 countries. It is also common in England, where 19 percent are found and Israel, where 7 percent are found.
Greenfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Greenfield has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 895 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 188 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,385 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 114 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Greenfield Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Anglican (66%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Greenfield last name are 8.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.18% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Greenfield earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 78.84% more than the national average, earning S/. 34,668 per year; in South Africa they earn 36.9% more than the national average, earning R 325,332 per year; in United States they earn 12.89% more than the national average, earning $48,712 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.21% more than the national average, earning $55,750 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfeld | 95 | 1,239 | / |
| Grenfield | 95 | 34 | / |
| Greenfild | 95 | 9 | / |
| Greenfieldt | 95 | 5 | / |
| Greennfield | 95 | 2 | / |
| Greenfeldt | 90 | 27 | / |
| Greenfoeld | 90 | 3 | / |
| Grennfield | 90 | 1 | / |
| Grrenfield | 90 | 1 | / |
| Gruenfield | 90 | 1 | / |
| Graenfield | 90 | 0 | / |
| Grienfield | 90 | 0 | / |
| Grenfeld | 89 | 8 | / |
| Grenfild | 89 | 4 | / |
| Granfield | 84 | 735 | / |
| Gruenfeld | 84 | 167 | / |
| Grenfeldt | 84 | 58 | / |
| Groenfeld | 84 | 33 | / |
| Grinfield | 84 | 31 | / |
| Grienfeld | 84 | 8 | / |
| Greunfeld | 84 | 3 | / |
| Greenfelt | 84 | 2 | / |
| Ghrenfeld | 84 | 1 | / |
| Greenfled | 84 | 1 | / |
| Greenfilt | 84 | 0 | / |
| Grnfeld | 82 | 5 | / |
| Gruenfeldt | 80 | 14 | / |
| Groenfeldt | 80 | 10 | / |
| Greenfeltz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Grinfeld | 78 | 822 | / |
| Grünfeld | 78 | 450 | / |
| Grinfild | 78 | 23 | / |
| Grynfeld | 78 | 20 | / |
| Grűnfeld | 78 | 10 | / |
| Grnfeldt | 78 | 10 | / |
| Grûnfeld | 78 | 1 | / |
| Grenfelt | 78 | 0 | / |
| Grinfelds | 74 | 273 | / |
| Grønfeldt | 74 | 184 | / |
| Grönfeldt | 74 | 61 | / |
| Groenfelt | 74 | 22 | / |
| Grünfeldt | 74 | 20 | / |
| Grinfeldt | 74 | 16 | / |
| Grennfelt | 74 | 10 | / |
| Grīnfelds | 74 | 4 | / |
| Grinfeeld | 74 | 1 | / |
| Gruemfeld | 74 | 0 | / |
| Grimfield | 74 | 0 | / |
| Grinfld | 71 | 1 | / |
| Grünfeldová | 67 | 37 | / |
| Grönfelt | 67 | 31 | / |
| Grűnfeldová | 67 | 16 | / |
| Grenfält | 67 | 3 | / |
| Grimfeld | 67 | 2 | / |
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