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

Greenhaf occurs in Wales more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Greenhaf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,967,751st most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Greenhaf are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most commonly used in Wales, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 44,208. In Wales it is most prevalent in: Caerphilly County Borough, where 41 percent are found, City and County of Newport, where 31 percent are found and City and County of Cardiff, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Wales this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Greenhaf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Greenhaf has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held 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
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  • 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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