How common is the surname Greenfield?

11,922 people in the United States had the surname Greenfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,897 Americans. It ranked 3,007th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Greenfield?

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, American diplomat (born 1952), followed by Max Greenfield.

Where is the surname Greenfield most common?

Wikidata records people named Greenfield in the United States.

How do you pronounce Greenfield?

Greenfield is /ˈɡɹinfild/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Greenfield getting more or less common?

More common. 11,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,922 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Greenfield

A surname, carried by 11,922 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɹinfild/ 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). Greenfield is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

A proprialization of green + field; compare greenfield.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,922 people named Greenfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,897 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 11,864.

#3,007

rank among US surnames

11,922

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,788)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,998	Pascual	11,959	25,817
#2,999	Qualls	11,958	25,819
#3,000	Persaud	11,956	25,823
#3,001	Fortner	11,951	25,834
#3,003	Gilman	11,946	25,845
#3,004	Cecil	11,941	25,856
#3,005	France	11,937	25,865

Who is named Greenfield

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

86% of people named Greenfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Greenfields

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Linda Thomas-Greenfield
American diplomat (born 1952)
Max Greenfield
American actor (born 1979)
Luke Greenfield
American actor and film director (born 1972)
Howard Greenfield
American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the fam
Jerry Greenfield
American businessman, born 1951
Lauren Greenfield
American photographer and filmmaker (born 1966)
Robin Greenfield
American activist and adventurer, born 1986
Elizabeth Greenfield
American singer, 1817–1876
Shecky Greene
American comedian (1926–2023)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Greenfield

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

Questions

Where does the surname Greenfield come from?: A proprialization of green + field; compare greenfield.
How common is the surname Greenfield?: 11,922 people in the United States had the surname Greenfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,897 Americans. It ranked 3,007th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greenfield?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Greenfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Greenfield?: Linda Thomas-Greenfield, American diplomat (born 1952), followed by Max Greenfield.
Where is the surname Greenfield most common?: Wikidata records people named Greenfield in the United States.
How do you pronounce Greenfield?: Greenfield is /ˈɡɹinfild/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Greenfield getting more or less common?: More common. 11,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,922 in 2010, up 0.5%.