The surname Greenland
A surname, carried by 1,415 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/ 2 syllables Soundex G654
Origin
From green + land, calque of Old Norse Grǿnland, from grǿnn (“green”) + land (“land”).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,415 people named Greenland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,371.
Who is named Greenland
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Greenland identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 89%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Greenland
Greenland has the Soundex code G654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G654.
Questions
- Where does the surname Greenland come from?
- From green + land, calque of Old Norse Grǿnland, from grǿnn (“green”) + land (“land”).
- How common is the surname Greenland?
- 1,415 people in the United States had the surname Greenland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. It ranked 19,189th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Greenland?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Greenland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Greenland?
- Greenland is /ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Greenland getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,415 in 2010, up 3.2%.