How common is the surname Greener?

1,326 people in the United States had the surname Greener in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,840 Americans. It ranked 20,139th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Greener?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Greener identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Greener?

Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian (1883-1950).

Where is the surname Greener most common?

Wikidata records people named Greener in the United States.

Is the surname Greener getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,326 in 2010, down 18%.

The surname Greener

A surname, carried by 1,326 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greener is more common than 87.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,326 people named Greener in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,840 Americans. That is down 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,624.

#20,139

rank among US surnames

1,326

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-18.3%

change since 2000 (was #16,333)

Who is named Greener

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

95% of people named Greener identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Greeners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Belle da Costa Greene
American librarian (1883-1950)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Greener

Greener has the Soundex code G656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G656.

Questions

How common is the surname Greener?: 1,326 people in the United States had the surname Greener in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,840 Americans. It ranked 20,139th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greener?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Greener identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Greener?: Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian (1883-1950).
Where is the surname Greener most common?: Wikidata records people named Greener in the United States.
Is the surname Greener getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,326 in 2010, down 18%.