Greenhaf Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Greenhaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greenhaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales701:44,2084,243
England151:3,714,537119,675
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Greenhaf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Greenhaf has its highest incidence in Wales. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greenhaf? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,967,751st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Greenhaf live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

It is most commonly occurring in Wales, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 44,208. In Wales it is most numerous in: Caerphilly County Borough, where 41 percent live, City and County of Newport, where 31 percent live and City and County of Cardiff, where 13 percent live. Barring Wales Greenhaf occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Greenhaf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Greenhaf has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Greenhaf surname grew 750 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Greenhaff9436/
Greenhauf943/
Greenhauff8926/
Greenhausf891/
Greenhaw881,899/
Greenhof880/
Greeneaf880/
Gruenhaf880/
Greenauf880/
Greenhoff82154/
Greenhawt8228/
Greenhhaw820/
Grenhaw802/
Greenaw801/
Greenhow751,783/
Groenhof75893/
Greenoff7585/
Grinhaff7562/
Grenhoff7522/
Greemhaw751/
Greenova751/
Greenhob750/
Groenhoff71192/
Greenouff7112/
Gruenhoff7112/
Grawenhof718/
Greenhhow714/
Granaf711/
Grenaw711/
Greenouph710/
Greenow67348/
Grenova6760/
Granhof6730/
Grawenhoff6718/
Grenhov6710/
Grönhof672/
Grinhof672/
Grenhow672/
Grignaf671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Greenhaf
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