Greenspon Surname

648,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 467 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands

Greenspon Surname Definition:

(German) One who made and used or sold verdigris, a substance much used in early chemical arts.

Greenspon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4211:860,94865,474
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
England21:27,859,030389,889
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385

Greenspon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who made and used or sold verdigris, a substance much used in early chemical arts.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Greenspon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Greenspon occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Greenspon? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 648,005th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,605,023 people. Greenspon occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Greenspon reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Greenspon is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 421 people, or 1 in 860,948. In The United States it is most numerous in: Illinois, where 16 percent are found, California, where 15 percent are found and New York, where 12 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Greenspon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Greenspon last name is primarily Jewish (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Greenspon surname are 42.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.35% being registered with the party.

The amount Greenspon earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 55.49% more than the national average, earning $67,094 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.55% more than the national average, earning $66,847 CAD per year.

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Greenspon Reference & Research

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Greenspan FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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