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    The surname Greenman

    A surname, carried by 2,596 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G655

    Greenman: #12,025 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Greenman #12,025, 2,596 people Greenman: #12,025 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Greenman #12,025, 2,596 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greenman is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,596 people named Greenman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,931 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,486.

    #12,025
    rank among US surnames
    2,596
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,587)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,017Satchell2,598118,840
    #12,022Detrick2,597118,885
    #12,025Pless2,596118,931
    #12,031Lamoreaux2,595118,977
    #12,033Nimmo2,594119,023

    Who is named Greenman

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

    94% of people named Greenman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Greenmans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jesse More Greenman
      American botanist (1867-1951)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Greenman

    Greenman has the Soundex code G655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Greenman?
    2,596 people in the United States had the surname Greenman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,931 Americans. It ranked 12,025th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Greenman?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Greenman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Greenman?
    Jesse More Greenman, American botanist (1867-1951).
    Where is the surname Greenman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Greenman in the United States.
    Is the surname Greenman getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,486 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,596 in 2010, up 4.4%.