# Greenland (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,415 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,189 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 218,195 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (1,371 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From green + land, calque of Old Norse Grǿnland, from grǿnn (“green”) + land (“land”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Greenland 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Greenlee, Greenwell, Greenwald, Greenleaf, Greenawalt, Greenhalgh, Greenwalt, Greenhill, Greenlaw, Grimaldo, Gormley, Grimaldi.

## 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.