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The GREENMAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,486 11587 0.001 9
United States (1880 census) 936 5767 0.002 19
Change since 1880 +1550 -5820 -0.001 -10
Other Countries
Australia 32 36604 0 2
United Kingdom 452 9529 0.001 10
Top States for GREENMAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 383 3021 0.004 39
New York 306 6242 0.002 16
Florida 213 8690 0.001 13
California 187 13159 0.001 6
Illinois 119 10965 0.001 10
Top States for GREENMAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 383 3021 0.004 39
Rhode Island 23 6614 0.002 22
Oregon 62 6889 0.002 18
Maine 23 6610 0.002 18
New York 306 6242 0.002 16

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GREENMAN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GREENMAN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GREENMAN in Michigan than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GREENMAN by picking someone at random in Michigan than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GREENMAN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GREENMAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GREENMAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GREENMAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 28 1.13
White (Hispanic) 27 1.09
Asian/Pacific 15 0.6
Black/African American 15 0.6
Native American/Alaskan 11 0.44
White (Caucasian) 2,390 96.14

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GREENMAN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GREENMAN in historical publications

GREENMAN. Perhaps the same as Greener ; or it may be a keeper of game, from the colour of his costume in the old times of " vert aud venison." A keeper of Rroyle park, at Ringmer, co. Sussex, on retiring from his duties opened an inn, to which he gave the name of the Green Man, the sign beiug his own portrait.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to GREENMAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GREENMAN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GREENMAN

The following words are slight variants of GREENMAN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.