Greenwald is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Greenwald
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning:

Surname Greenwald is the variant of Greenwell. "The wide-spreading and ancient family of Greenwell are descended from Gulielmus Presbyter, who in 1183, as appears from 'Boldon Buke,' held the lands ofGreenwell in the parish of Walsingham, county of Durham, and whose son James assumed the name of the place of his in heritance," B.L.G.

Dweller in the green forest.

How popular is Greenwald?

Greenwald is common in United States, Israel, Canada.

Greenwald is ranked 46342 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Greenwald bearers increased by 5.51 per cent in 2010 US census to 6664 since 2000, the surname slipped by 136 spots and ranked at 5234. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.59 96.64
Hispanic or Latino 1.98 1.44
Others 0.89 0.78
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.81 0.65
Black 0.39 0.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35 0.14
Greenwald is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Israel lie ahead in terms of density. Around 11193 people have been found who wears Greenwald as their family name. Greenwald is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Greenwald:
4,517 United States9,954
Countries with hundreds of Greenwald:
1,493 Israel875
19,314 Canada187
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
64,828 England37
57,058 Australia28
158,771 Germany22
343,519 Thailand16
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
293,169 France10
58,198 Switzerland9
405,029 Brazil8
28,047 Scotland6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Michel Greenwald was 27 years old when he migrated to New York on October 24, 1850. He lived in Baden and took Connecticut from Havre. E. Greenwald (43) Laborer, Albert Greenwald, aged 23, Ellen Greenwald (23) Laborer, Sailor Abraham Greenwald, Ckain. Greenwald, aged 19, Chai Greenwald (50) Spinster, Laborer Mari Greenwald, Ida Greenwald (22), are other Greenwald that migrated to US from Liverpool, Glasgow & Liverpool, Hamburg, Liverpool & Queenstown and Bremen & Southampton.

Greenwald Namesakes

  • Hank Greenwald, Major League Baseball announcer
  • Alex Greenwald, American musician, actor, and record producer
  • Robert Greenwald, founder of Brave New Films
  • Louis Greenwald, American Democratic Party politician,
  • Andy Greenwald, author, critic, podcaster, and screenwriter
  • Glenn Greenwald, American lawyer, journalist, and author, best
  • Ronald Greenwald, businessman and an educator
  • Bruce Greenwald, professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business and an advisor at First Eagle Investment Management
  • Maggie Greenwald, Most recognized as an independent writer and director, Greenwald’s most notable films include 'Sophie and the Rising Sun', starring an ensemble cast that included Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson, Lorraine Toussaint and Diane Ladd

Greenwald Namesakes

  • Hank Greenwald, Major League Baseball announcer
  • Alex Greenwald, American musician, actor, and record producer
  • Robert Greenwald, founder of Brave New Films
  • Louis Greenwald, American Democratic Party politician,
  • Andy Greenwald, author, critic, podcaster, and screenwriter
  • Glenn Greenwald, American lawyer, journalist, and author, best
  • Ronald Greenwald, businessman and an educator
  • Bruce Greenwald, professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business and an advisor at First Eagle Investment Management
  • Maggie Greenwald, Most recognized as an independent writer and director, Greenwald’s most notable films include 'Sophie and the Rising Sun', starring an ensemble cast that included Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson, Lorraine Toussaint and Diane Ladd

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