Greenfield Surname

17,519th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,596 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,1141:20,0102,522
England5,9851:9,3101,360
Israel2,2891:3,739520
Australia1,8791:14,3672,036
Canada1,0831:34,0224,378
New Zealand4331:10,4581,818
South Africa3201:169,30518,832
Liberia3081:14,3131,502
Northern Ireland2391:7,7201,318
Jamaica1811:15,8561,493
Wales1801:17,1921,863
Scotland1621:33,0483,292
Ecuador351:454,45310,445
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
France221:3,019,215204,848
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Spain211:2,226,28755,801
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
China61:227,886,92811,701
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Panama61:652,04310,051
Norway61:857,04855,549
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1581:28,0372,919
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,1771:7,6721,178
Scotland1421:26,3612,369
Wales131:120,6475,000
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0231:24,8243,083

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 Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

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.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) Dweller at the verdant field or pasture.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A Lincolnshire hamlet. Also a corruption of Grenville or Granville.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Armorially identified with Granville.

The Norman People (1874)

(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.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

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.

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Greenfield Reference & Research

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Greenwood DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Greenwood 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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