# Greenup (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/greenup/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 867 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,732 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 356,108 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (853 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Greenop |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumberland, from Old English grēne (“green”) + hop (“small enclosure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Greenup in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Greenup in the United States.

## People named Greenup

- Christopher Greenup, American politician (1750-1818)

## Similar surnames

Greenberg, Greenfield, Greenbaum, Greenblatt, Granville, Granberry, Grinberg.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.