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    The surname Greenidge

    A surname, carried by 1,642 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G653

    Greenidge: #17,249 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Greenidge #17,249, 1,642 people Greenidge: #17,249 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Greenidge #17,249, 1,642 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greenidge is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Greenhedge.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,642 people named Greenidge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,030 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,442.

    #17,249
    rank among US surnames
    1,642
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.9%
    change since 2000 (was #17,895)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,249Makela1,642188,030
    #17,258Elders1,641188,145

    Who is named Greenidge

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

    86% of people named Greenidge identified as Black (not Hispanic), 5.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 86%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Greenidge

    Greenidge has the Soundex code G653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G653.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Greenidge come from?
    Variant of Greenhedge.
    How common is the surname Greenidge?
    1,642 people in the United States had the surname Greenidge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,030 Americans. It ranked 17,249th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Greenidge?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Greenidge identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Greenidge getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,442 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,642 in 2010, up 14%.