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    The surname Greiner

    A German surname, carried by 8,935 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G656

    Greiner: #3,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Greiner #3,978, 8,935 people Greiner: #3,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Greiner #3,978, 8,935 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greiner is more common than 97.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    A surname from German.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,935 people named Greiner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,555 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,240.

    #3,978
    rank among US surnames
    8,935
    people in 2010
    3.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.4%
    change since 2000 (was #3,954)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,969Lozada8,95934,462
    #3,970Canady8,95834,466
    #3,971Faircloth8,95434,481
    #3,972Batson8,95134,493
    #3,973Popp8,94734,508
    #3,974Dunne8,94134,531
    #3,975Keeling8,93834,543

    Who is named Greiner

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

    96% of people named Greiner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Greiners

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lori Greiner
      American TV personality and entrepreneur, born 1969
    • Helen Greiner
      American computer scientist, engineer and entrepreneur, born 1967
    • Ludwig Greiner
      Austrian businessman, 1796–1882

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Greiner

    Greiner has the Soundex code G656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G656.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Greiner come from?
    Greiner is German in origin.
    How common is the surname Greiner?
    8,935 people in the United States had the surname Greiner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,555 Americans. It ranked 3,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Greiner?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Greiner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Greiner?
    Lori Greiner, American TV personality and entrepreneur, followed by Helen Greiner.
    Where is the surname Greiner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Greiner in the United States.
    Is the surname Greiner getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,240 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,935 in 2010, up 8.4%.