How common is the surname Greenlee?

9,048 people in the United States had the surname Greenlee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,123 Americans. It ranked 3,933rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Greenlee getting more or less common?

More common. 8,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,048 in 2010, up 6.1%.

What are other spellings of Greenlee?

Greenlea, Greenleigh, Greenley and Greenly.

Is Greenlee also a first name?

Yes. Greenlee is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Greenlee

An English place surname, carried by 9,048 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G654

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greenlee is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, named from Old English grēne (“green”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”). Equivalent to green + -lee (“lea”); compare Green and Greene.

Greenlee is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,048 people named Greenlee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,123 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,531.

#3,933

rank among US surnames

9,048

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,819)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,924	Putman	9,058	34,085
#3,925	Martel	9,056	34,093
#3,927	Reimer	9,055	34,097
#3,928	Pickard	9,053	34,104
#3,930	Pond	9,052	34,108
#3,931	Gallant	9,051	34,112
#3,932	Kee	9,049	34,119

Who is named Greenlee

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

77% of people named Greenlee identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Greenlea
Greenleigh
Greenley
Greenly

Surnames that sound like Greenlee

Greenlee has the Soundex code G654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G654.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Greenlee come from?: Habitational surname from several minor places in England, named from Old English grēne (“green”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”). Equivalent to green + -lee (“lea”); compare Green and Greene.
How common is the surname Greenlee?: 9,048 people in the United States had the surname Greenlee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,123 Americans. It ranked 3,933rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greenlee?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Greenlee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Greenlee?: Greenlee is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Greenlee getting more or less common?: More common. 8,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,048 in 2010, up 6.1%.
What are other spellings of Greenlee?: Greenlea, Greenleigh, Greenley and Greenly.
Is Greenlee also a first name?: Yes. Greenlee is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.