How common is the surname Greenan?

813 people in the United States had the surname Greenan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 379,761 Americans. It ranked 29,138th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Greenan?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Greenan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Greenan getting more or less common?

Less common. 816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 813 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Greenan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 813 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greenan is more common than 82% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Grianáin (“descendant of Grianán”), a personal name derived from Irish grianán (“person of sunny disposition”), a diminutive form of grian (“sun”).

Greenan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 813 people named Greenan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 379,761 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 816.

#29,138

rank among US surnames

813

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #27,744)

Who is named Greenan

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

96% of people named Greenan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Grennan

Surnames that sound like Greenan

Greenan has the Soundex code G655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G655.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Greenan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Grianáin (“descendant of Grianán”), a personal name derived from Irish grianán (“person of sunny disposition”), a diminutive form of grian (“sun”).
How common is the surname Greenan?: 813 people in the United States had the surname Greenan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 379,761 Americans. It ranked 29,138th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greenan?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Greenan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Greenan?: Greenan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Greenan getting more or less common?: Less common. 816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 813 in 2010, down 0.4%.
What are other spellings of Greenan?: Grennan.