How common is the surname Greathouse?

8,217 people in the United States had the surname Greathouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,574 Americans. It ranked 4,324th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Greathouse getting more or less common?

More common. 7,740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,217 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Greathouse

A surname, carried by 8,217 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greathouse is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,217 people named Greathouse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,574 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,740.

#4,324

rank among US surnames

8,217

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,239)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,315	Poore	8,240	37,469
#4,317	Ives	8,233	37,501
#4,318	Winfield	8,230	37,515
#4,319	Sprouse	8,229	37,519
#4,320	Kirkwood	8,227	37,528
#4,321	Mowery	8,226	37,533
#4,322	Ahern	8,221	37,556

Who is named Greathouse

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

81% of people named Greathouse identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Greathouse?: 8,217 people in the United States had the surname Greathouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,574 Americans. It ranked 4,324th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greathouse?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Greathouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Greathouse getting more or less common?: More common. 7,740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,217 in 2010, up 6.2%.