Greenlay Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Greenlay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greenlay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada1751:210,54620,414
United States571:6,358,929302,882
England551:1,013,05650,089
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England491:497,45727,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Greenlay Last Name Facts

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

Greenlay has its highest incidence in Canada. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Greenlay? popularity and diffusion

The surname Greenlay is the 891,661st most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name Greenlay occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Greenlay live; 77 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in Canada, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 210,546. In Canada Greenlay is most common in: Manitoba, where 50 percent reside, British Columbia, where 32 percent reside and Ontario, where 10 percent reside. Beside Canada it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside and England, where 18 percent reside.

Greenlay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Greenlay has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 112 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Greenlay Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Greenlay surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Greenlay earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.83% more than the national average, earning $50,093 CAD per year.

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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 Greenlay
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