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    The surname Greenup

    An English place surname, carried by 867 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G651

    Greenup: #27,732 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Greenup #27,732, 867 people Greenup: #27,732 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Greenup #27,732, 867 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greenup is more common than 82.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Greenup 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 867 people named Greenup in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 356,108 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 853.

    #27,732
    rank among US surnames
    867
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #26,807)

    Who is named Greenup

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

    74% of people named Greenup identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.2%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Greenups

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Christopher Greenup
      American politician (1750-1818)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Greenop

    Surnames that sound like Greenup

    Greenup has the Soundex code G651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G651.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Greenup come from?
    Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumberland, from Old English grēne (“green”) + hop (“small enclosure”).
    How common is the surname Greenup?
    867 people in the United States had the surname Greenup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 356,108 Americans. It ranked 27,732nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Greenup?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Greenup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Greenup?
    Christopher Greenup, American politician (1750-1818).
    Where is the surname Greenup most common?
    Wikidata records people named Greenup in the United States.
    What type of surname is Greenup?
    Greenup is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Greenup getting more or less common?
    More common. 853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 867 in 2010, up 1.6%.
    What are other spellings of Greenup?
    Greenop.