Greenswood Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Greenswood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greenswood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Greenswood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Greenswood is found in Jamaica more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Greenswood.

How Common Is The Last Name Greenswood? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Greenswood are found; 80 percent are found in Caribbean and 80 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean.

The last name is most commonly used in Jamaica, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 239,162. In Jamaica it is primarily concentrated in: Middlesex County, where 83 percent are found and Surrey County, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Jamaica this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Greenswood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Greenswood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Greenswood surname expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Greenswood Last Name Statistics demography

Greenswood earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.09% more than the national average, earning $52,250 USD 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 Greenswood
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