Greenley Surname

214,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,915 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Greenley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greenley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1301:320,76029,246
England4491:124,09412,458
Canada2731:134,96613,971
Australia301:899,85754,700
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1641:148,63013,165
Wales51:313,68310,604
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2461:204,14117,685

Greenley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Greenley is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greenley? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 214,720th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,805,507 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Greenley live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 1,130 people, or 1 in 320,760. In The United States Greenley is most numerous in: Missouri, where 10 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 9 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Besides The United States Greenley is found in 11 countries. It is also found in England, where 23 percent live and Canada, where 14 percent live.

Greenley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Greenley has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 459 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 274 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it contracted 60 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Greenley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Greenley last name are 4.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.07% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Greenley earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 7.05% more than the national average, earning R 254,400 per year; in United States they earn 1.32% more than the national average, earning $43,719 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.42% more than the national average, earning $50,389 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
  • 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 Greenley
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