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    The surname Greenwald

    A surname, carried by 6,664 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G654

    Greenwald: #5,234 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Greenwald #5,234, 6,664 people Greenwald: #5,234 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Greenwald #5,234, 6,664 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greenwald is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    From green + wald.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,664 people named Greenwald in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,330 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,316.

    #5,234
    rank among US surnames
    6,664
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,098)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,230Lashley6,66946,296
    #5,231Towne6,66646,316
    #5,232Laurent6,66546,323
    #5,234Greenwald6,66446,330

    Who is named Greenwald

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

    96% of people named Greenwald identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Greenwalds

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Glenn Greenwald
      American journalist, lawyer and writer (born 1967)
    • Robert Greenwald
      American filmmaker, born 1945
    • Alex Greenwald
      American actor, singer and model, born 1979
    • Molly Holly
      American professional wrestler, born 1977

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Greenwald

    Greenwald has the Soundex code G654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G654.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Greenwald come from?
    From green + wald.
    How common is the surname Greenwald?
    6,664 people in the United States had the surname Greenwald in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,330 Americans. It ranked 5,234th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Greenwald?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Greenwald identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Greenwald?
    Glenn Greenwald, American journalist, lawyer and writer (born 1967), followed by Robert Greenwald.
    Where is the surname Greenwald most common?
    Wikidata records people named Greenwald in the United States.
    Is the surname Greenwald getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,664 in 2010, up 5.5%.