Greenwood Surname

7,235th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78,392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Greenwood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the green-wood,' a well-known Yorkshire name. Of course other spots might give rise to the surname. But it is absolutely certain that some small spot between Huddersfield and Slaithwaite has given birth to the Greenwoods, who have ramified so marvellously in that county'.

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Greenwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States32,8591:11,0311,359
England27,8451:2,001240
Australia6,8731:3,928559
Canada4,7711:7,7231,131
New Zealand1,2271:3,691582
South Africa7691:70,4528,786
Scotland6651:8,0511,192
Wales5341:5,795647
Jamaica4811:5,967754
Northern Ireland3431:5,3791,010
France2561:259,46440,012
Spain1801:259,73416,413
Thailand1621:436,03976,421
Honduras1571:56,1561,317
Ireland1251:37,6723,040
Germany841:958,39866,883
Philippines731:1,386,825100,991
Isle of Man531:1,619284
Zimbabwe481:321,63031,533
Namibia471:51,2646,204
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Netherlands441:383,79941,363
Switzerland421:195,54617,263
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Israel311:276,05324,632
Sweden311:317,63722,171
Brazil301:7,135,811166,009
Malta301:14,342837
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Jersey271:3,674721
Norway241:214,26224,079
Italy231:2,658,98696,069
Russia211:6,863,003268,198
China191:71,964,2933,948
India191:40,371,862445,856
Costa Rica181:265,5592,987
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Denmark171:332,04223,714
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Turks and Caicos Islands171:2,019214
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Paraguay141:516,9106,745
Hong Kong121:611,2903,500
Mexico121:10,343,85040,270
Japan101:12,784,42945,945
Kazakhstan101:1,768,25083,699
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Belize91:39,4972,328
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Guam81:20,0153,029
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Norfolk Island61:38264
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Cyprus51:176,9758,389
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Oman41:921,9937,313
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
Sudan21:18,755,09814,167
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1371:32,3353,177
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England23,0401:1,058113
Scotland1261:29,7082,558
Wales1021:15,377914
Isle of Man101:5,427530
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,8091:7,375933

Greenwood (155) may also be a first name.

Greenwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the green-wood,' a well-known Yorkshire name. Of course other spots might give rise to the surname. But it is absolutely certain that some small spot between Huddersfield and Slaithwaite has given birth to the Greenwoods, who have ramified so marvellously in that county'.

Johannes de Grenewode et Agnes uxor ejus, ffarmour de Graunge (Huddersfield), 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johanna de Grenewoode, 1379: ibid.

Ricardus de Grenewode, 1379: ibid.

1539. Married — John Leame and Alice Greenwood: St. Peter, Cornhill.

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

(English) Dweller at the Green Wood (i.e. a wood overgrown with grass or evergreens) [Old English gréne + wudu] The woodwale sang, and wold not cease, Sitting upon the spraye [twig], Soe lowde, he wakened Robin Hood, In the grene woode where he lay.

—'Robin Hood’: Percy's Reliques.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller in the verdant wood or forest.

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

I find no specific locality called by this name; but it is quite probable that in old times many a sylvan district gave a name of distinction to lovers of "vert and venison," whose abode was "the merrie green-wood."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

User-submitted Reference

Boisverts means 'green wood'. When the United States of America obtained areas previously settled by French-Canadians in the 19th century, some Boisverts were forced to change their name to "Greenwood", a direct translation from French. While this likely occurred in multiple places multiple times, a great number originate from Wisconsin, especially the Duck Creek area.

- kyncaith

Greenwood Last Name Facts

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

Greenwood is most common in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Greenwood? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,235th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 92,963 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Greenwood are found; 45 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Greenwood is also the 738,219th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 155 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 32,859 people, or 1 in 11,031. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 10 percent reside, Florida, where 5 percent reside and Illinois, where 5 percent reside. Not including The United States Greenwood exists in 113 countries. It also occurs in England, where 36 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Greenwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Greenwood has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 483 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 121 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 528 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 524 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 9 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Greenwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (38%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Greenwood last name are 10.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.1% registered with the party.

The amount Greenwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.37% more than the national average, earning 388,881 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 114.42% more than the national average, earning R 509,532 per year; in United States they earn 1.18% more than the national average, earning $43,659 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.5% more than the national average, earning $53,407 CAD per year.

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Greenwood Reference & Research

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