Greenslade Surname

70,369th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,025 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Greenslade Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the green slade,' a spot in Devon; v. Slade.

'Robertas de Greneslade tenet in Greneslade—: Devon Testa de Nevill sive Liber feodorum in Curia Scaccarii. Temp. Henry III & Edward I.

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Greenslade Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7631:20,1662,853
United States9371:386,82934,050
Australia8241:32,7624,332
Canada6031:61,1047,169
Wales5221:5,928662
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
New Zealand4751:9,5331,659
Bahamas1281:3,061392
South Africa1111:488,08740,113
Scotland361:148,7178,826
Ireland231:204,7368,142
Bermuda221:2,967463
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
France111:6,038,429280,838
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha11:5,854177
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6621:14,6662,184
Wales781:20,1081,168
Scotland101:374,32210,959
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States941:534,24137,003

Greenslade Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the green slade,' a spot in Devon; v. Slade.

'Robertas de Greneslade tenet in Greneslade—: Devon Testa de Nevill sive Liber feodorum in Curia Scaccarii. Temp. Henry III & Edward I.

Antony Greneslade, temp. Elizabeth: Calendar of Proceedings in Chancery, temp. Elizabeth I.

'Oct. 27, at Poltimore Church, Gaelic G. Hick to Bessie Greenslade, Stoke Canon': Standard, Oct. 30, 1886.

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

(English) Dweller at the Green Valley [Old English gréne + slœd]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Devon.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

William Greenslade was mayor of Barnstaple in 1695, and Philip Greenslade was mayor in 1703 (G.). The name is now most numerous in Tiverton and South Molton, but is still scantily to be found in the Barnstaple district; there are also Greenslades in Somerset.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Greenslade Last Name Facts

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

Greenslade is found most frequently in England. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Greenslade? popularity and diffusion

Greenslade is the 70,369th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,037,373 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Greenslade reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 48 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Greenslade is most widely held in England, where it is held by 2,763 people, or 1 in 20,166. In England Greenslade is most frequent in: Greater London, where 17 percent live, Devon, where 17 percent live and Somerset, where 8 percent live. Other than England this last name is found in 33 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.

Greenslade Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Greenslade has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 166 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 997 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 669 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 360 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 192 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Greenslade Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Greenslade surname are 23.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.88% registered with the political party.

The amount Greenslade earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 24.36% more than the national average, earning R 295,524 per year; in United States they earn 7.39% more than the national average, earning $46,336 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.87% more than the national average, earning $53,096 CAD per year.

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