How common is the surname Greenspan?

2,737 people in the United States had the surname Greenspan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,804 Americans. It ranked 11,497th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Greenspan?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Greenspan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Greenspan?

Alan Greenspan, American economist and financial advisor (1926–2026), followed by Bud Greenspan.

Where is the surname Greenspan most common?

Wikidata records people named Greenspan in the United States.

How do you pronounce Greenspan?

Greenspan is /ˈɡɹiːnspæn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Greenspan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,669 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,737 in 2010, up 2.5%.

What are other spellings of Greenspan?

Greenspun, Gruenspan, Grunspan, Grynspan and Grynszpan.

The surname Greenspan

A Yiddish surname, carried by 2,737 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɹiːnspæn/ 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). Greenspan is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

Yiddish origin

Borrowed from Yiddish גריןשפּאַן (grinshpan) Literally, “green branch, green bridle”, referring to Spanish green, copper acetate (“copper(II) acetate”)

One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,737 people named Greenspan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,804 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,669.

#11,497

rank among US surnames

2,737

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,941)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,488	Mangus	2,739	112,722
#11,493	Duffin	2,738	112,763
#11,497	Greenspan	2,737	112,804
#11,500	Sidwell	2,736	112,846
#11,502	Master	2,735	112,887
#11,504	Steeves	2,734	112,928

Who is named Greenspan

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

96% of people named Greenspan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Greenspans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alan Greenspan
American economist and financial advisor (1926–2026)
Bud Greenspan
American film director, writer, and producer (1926–2010)
Stanley Greenspan
American psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1941–2010)
Jason Alexander
American actor, comedian, director and television host, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Greenspun
Gruenspan
Grunspan
Grynspan
Grynszpan

Surnames that sound like Greenspan

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

Other Yiddish surnames

All 31 Yiddish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Greenspan come from?: Borrowed from Yiddish גריןשפּאַן (grinshpan) Literally, “green branch, green bridle”, referring to Spanish green, copper acetate (“copper(II) acetate”)
How common is the surname Greenspan?: 2,737 people in the United States had the surname Greenspan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,804 Americans. It ranked 11,497th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greenspan?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Greenspan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Greenspan?: Alan Greenspan, American economist and financial advisor (1926–2026), followed by Bud Greenspan.
Where is the surname Greenspan most common?: Wikidata records people named Greenspan in the United States.
How do you pronounce Greenspan?: Greenspan is /ˈɡɹiːnspæn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Greenspan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,669 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,737 in 2010, up 2.5%.
What are other spellings of Greenspan?: Greenspun, Gruenspan, Grunspan, Grynspan and Grynszpan.