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    The surname Greenwalt

    A surname, carried by 2,423 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G654

    Greenwalt: #12,740 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Greenwalt #12,740, 2,423 people Greenwalt: #12,740 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Greenwalt #12,740, 2,423 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greenwalt is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,423 people named Greenwalt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,423 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,359.

    #12,740
    rank among US surnames
    2,423
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,127)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,732Nishimura2,424127,370
    #12,740Bracamonte2,423127,423
    #12,744Fuerte2,422127,475
    #12,745Mudge2,421127,528

    Who is named Greenwalt

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

    94% of people named Greenwalt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Greenwalts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Greenwalt
      American director, producer and writer, born 1949

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Greenwalt

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Greenwalt?
    2,423 people in the United States had the surname Greenwalt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,423 Americans. It ranked 12,740th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Greenwalt?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Greenwalt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Greenwalt?
    David Greenwalt, American director, producer and writer.
    Where is the surname Greenwalt most common?
    Wikidata records people named Greenwalt in the United States.
    Is the surname Greenwalt getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,423 in 2010, up 2.7%.