# Greenaway (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/greenaway/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,135 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,618 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 272,023 people |
| Change since 2000 | +18% (961 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Greenaway in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 59% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Greenaway in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Greenaway

- Kate Greenaway, British artist (1846-1901)
- Gavin Greenaway, British conductor and composer

## Similar surnames

Greenway, Green, Greene, Gerena, Greeno, Greenhaw, Graney, Greaney, Graham, Grimm, Giron, Gorham.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.