How common is the surname Greenough?

1,763 people in the United States had the surname Greenough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,125 Americans. It ranked 16,343rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Greenough?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Greenough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Greenough?

Horatio Greenough, American artist (1805-1852).

Where is the surname Greenough most common?

Wikidata records people named Greenough in the United States.

How do you pronounce Greenough?

Greenough is /ˈɡɹɛ.nəf/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Greenough getting more or less common?

More common. 1,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,763 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Greenough

A surname, carried by 1,763 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɹɛ.nəf/ 2 syllables Soundex G652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greenough is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,763 people named Greenough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,125 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,760.

#16,343

rank among US surnames

1,763

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,327)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,338	Sifford	1,764	175,026
#16,343	Scheffer	1,763	175,125
#16,349	Mecca	1,762	175,224

Who is named Greenough

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

93% of people named Greenough identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Greenoughs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Horatio Greenough
American artist (1805-1852)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Greenough

Greenough has the Soundex code G652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G652.

Questions

How common is the surname Greenough?: 1,763 people in the United States had the surname Greenough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,125 Americans. It ranked 16,343rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greenough?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Greenough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Greenough?: Horatio Greenough, American artist (1805-1852).
Where is the surname Greenough most common?: Wikidata records people named Greenough in the United States.
How do you pronounce Greenough?: Greenough is /ˈɡɹɛ.nəf/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Greenough getting more or less common?: More common. 1,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,763 in 2010, up 0.2%.