Greeley is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Greeley
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Greeley

How popular is Greeley?

Greeley is common in United States.

Greeley is ranked 70068 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Greeley bearers increased by 1.627573 per cent in 2010 US census to 4246 since 2000, the surname slipped by 452 spots and ranked at 7796. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.92 93.49
Black 2.47 2.58
Hispanic or Latino 2.03 1.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7 1.24
Others 1.2 0.77
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.38
Greeley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Canada is ahead in terms of density. Around 6424 people have been found who wears Greeley as their family name. Greeley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
1,500,361 India2
4,164 Vietnam2
56,169 Mexico1
9,116 Nicaragua1
7,191 Afghanistan1
37,493 Austria1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
5,553 Taiwan1
172,258 Germany1
7,895 South Korea1
38,841 Scotland1
81,201 Switzerland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,570 Ireland38
51,763 Australia37
Countries with hundreds of Greeley:
6,835 Canada618
31,938 England140
Countries with thousands of Greeley:
6,898 United States5,568

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman John Greeley from Co.Lismore, Ireland aboard the Eliazbeth from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in Philadelphia on May 16, 1846. 20 years old Bridget Greeley, are other Greeley that migrated to US.

Greeley Namesakes

  • Charles Greeley Abbot, Astrophysicist
  • Absalom Greeley, Member of Parliament
  • George Greeley, Composer
  • Andrew Greeley, Priest
  • Andrew Greeley, Priest
  • Jason Greeley, Singer-songwriter
  • George Greeley, Composer
  • Horace Greeley, Editor
  • Andrew Greeley, Priest
  • Charles Greeley Abbot, Astrophysicist
  • Meghan Greeley played central role of Mitsy in 2009 drama movie Crackie.

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