How common is the surname Greenbaum?

2,750 people in the United States had the surname Greenbaum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,271 Americans. It ranked 11,456th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Greenbaum?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Greenbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Greenbaum?

Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter, followed by Peter Green.

Where is the surname Greenbaum most common?

Wikidata records people named Greenbaum in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Greenbaum getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,787 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,750 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Greenbaum

A surname, carried by 2,750 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G651

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greenbaum is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,750 people named Greenbaum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,271 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,787.

#11,456

rank among US surnames

2,750

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,566)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,448	Mancillas	2,751	112,230
#11,456	Greenbaum	2,750	112,271
#11,462	Eudy	2,749	112,312
#11,463	Coogan	2,748	112,353

Who is named Greenbaum

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

95% of people named Greenbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Greenbaums

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Norman Greenbaum
American singer-songwriter, born 1942
Peter Green
British blues rock guitarist (1946–2020)

Notable Greenbaums come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Greenbaum

Greenbaum has the Soundex code G651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G651.

Questions

How common is the surname Greenbaum?: 2,750 people in the United States had the surname Greenbaum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,271 Americans. It ranked 11,456th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greenbaum?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Greenbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Greenbaum?: Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter, followed by Peter Green.
Where is the surname Greenbaum most common?: Wikidata records people named Greenbaum in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Greenbaum getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,787 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,750 in 2010, down 1.3%.