How common is the surname Greenhouse?

1,054 people in the United States had the surname Greenhouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,927 Americans. It ranked 23,943rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Greenhouse?

Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist and music pedagogue (1916-2011), followed by Linda Greenhouse.

Where is the surname Greenhouse most common?

Wikidata records people named Greenhouse in the United States.

Is the surname Greenhouse getting more or less common?

More common. 980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,054 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Greenhouse

A surname, carried by 1,054 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greenhouse is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,054 people named Greenhouse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,927 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 980.

#23,943

rank among US surnames

1,054

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #24,023)

Who is named Greenhouse

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

52% of people named Greenhouse identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 35%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
Two or more races 4.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Greenhouses

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bernard Greenhouse
American cellist and music pedagogue (1916-2011)
Linda Greenhouse
American journalist, born 1947

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Greenhouse

Greenhouse has the Soundex code G652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G652.

Questions

How common is the surname Greenhouse?: 1,054 people in the United States had the surname Greenhouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,927 Americans. It ranked 23,943rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greenhouse?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Greenhouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Greenhouse?: Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist and music pedagogue (1916-2011), followed by Linda Greenhouse.
Where is the surname Greenhouse most common?: Wikidata records people named Greenhouse in the United States.
Is the surname Greenhouse getting more or less common?: More common. 980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,054 in 2010, up 7.6%.