# Greene (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English, a variant of Green.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 126,101 |
| US rank (2010) | 241 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,448 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.4% (119,604 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɡɹiːn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Greene 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) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Greene in the United States, the United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda and The Bahamas.

## People named Greene

- Ashley Greene, American actress
- Brian Greene, American physicist
- Maurice Greene, American sprinter
- Marjorie Taylor Greene, American politician
- Nathanael Greene, American general in the American Revolutionary War (1742-1786)
- Lizzy Greene, American actress
- Robert Greene, American author
- Charles Greene, American sprinter (1945–2022)
- Ellen Greene, American actress and singer
- Michele Greene, American actress
- Edward Lee Greene, American botanist (1843-1915)
- Joe Greene, American athletics competitor (born 1967)

and 35 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Green, Groen, Greenough, Greeno, Greaney, Gruen, Groene, Gurnee, Greenway, Gerena, Geren, Greenhaw.

## 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.