Greenhouse Surname

199,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,090 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Greenhouse Surname Definition:

A greenhouse may have been a house built into the ground, or with a turf roof, as used by Scandinavians and Northern Britons or a house in a green field. It may also have overlap with the surname Greenhow, from the place in Yorkshire.

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Greenhouse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3811:262,46124,767
England4811:115,83811,830
Israel701:122,25213,395
Wales621:49,9124,670
Australia431:627,80744,139
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
China31:455,773,85521,925
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2551:95,5909,792
Wales211:74,6863,520
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States651:772,59548,648

Greenhouse (31) may also be a first name.

Greenhouse Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A greenhouse may have been a house built into the ground, or with a turf roof, as used by Scandinavians and Northern Britons or a house in a green field. It may also have overlap with the surname Greenhow, from the place in Yorkshire.

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This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the green-house,' from residence thereby or therein.

William de Grenhous, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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

User-submitted Reference

This surname derives from anglicisation of the German surname Grünhaus. The name was originally given out to Jewish families in the Austro-Hungarian empire as part of the census recording.

- petergreenhouse

Greenhouse Last Name Facts

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

Greenhouse occurs most in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greenhouse? popularity and diffusion

The surname Greenhouse is the 199,831st most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,486,864 people. The last name Greenhouse is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Greenhouse are found; 62 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 31 people.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 1,381 people, or 1 in 262,461. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 16 percent are found, Texas, where 14 percent are found and Louisiana, where 12 percent are found. Barring The United States Greenhouse is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in England, where 23 percent are found and Israel, where 3 percent are found.

Greenhouse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Greenhouse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Greenhouse last name grew 2,125 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 295 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Greenhouse Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Greenhouse are 1.75% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.98% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Greenhouse earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 20.93% more than the national average, earning $52,179 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.01% more than the national average, earning $51,176 CAD per year.

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