Greenstreet Surname

193,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Greenstreet Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the green street.'

Johanna de Grenestrate, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1669. Symon Greenstreete and Mary Treswallen: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

Greenstreet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2971:279,45926,075
England6151:90,5989,773
Australia831:325,24927,873
New Zealand711:63,7799,777
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Wales101:309,45316,869
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
France91:7,380,302306,885
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3601:67,7097,695
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2721:184,62816,354

Greenstreet Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the green street.'

Johanna de Grenestrate, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1669. Symon Greenstreete and Mary Treswallen: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

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

From Greenstead; a location name in Essex.

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

Greenstreet Last Name Facts

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

The last name Greenstreet is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Greenstreet.

How Common Is The Last Name Greenstreet? popularity and diffusion

The surname Greenstreet is the 193,885th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,361,414 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Greenstreet reside; 46 percent reside in North America and 46 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,297 people, or 1 in 279,459. In The United States Greenstreet is primarily found in: Maryland, where 17 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and Illinois, where 8 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname is found in 22 countries. It is also common in England, where 28 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.

Greenstreet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Greenstreet has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Greenstreet surname grew 477 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 333 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Greenstreet Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Greenstreet last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Greenstreet are 12.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.57% being registered with the political party.

The amount Greenstreet earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 38.65% less than the national average, earning R 145,800 per year; in United States they earn 12.27% more than the national average, earning $48,442 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.3% more than the national average, earning $64,737 CAD per year.

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