Explore the Family Name Greenfeld

The meaning of Greenfeld

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Grünfeld (see Grunfeld), or of its Jewish cognate Grinfeld. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Chaim, Avrohom, Mayer, Mozes, Ben Zion, Bluma, Chaya, Meyer, Moishe, Naftali, Naftaly, Shimshon. German Armin, Dieter.

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How common is the last name Greenfeld in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Greenfeld has seen a rise in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. The ranking of the surname rose significantly from 33,782 in 2000 to 26,873 in 2010, marking a change of 20.45%. Simultaneously, the count of people with this surname increased by 42.14% from 636 in 2000 to 904 in 2010. Also, there was an increase in the proportion of individuals with this surname per 100k population from 0.24 in 2000 to 0.31 in 2010, indicating a growth of 29.17%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,782	#26,873	20.45%
Count	636	904	42.14%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.31	29.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Greenfeld

Concerning the ethnic identity associated with the surname Greenfeld, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, a majority identify as White, with percentages increasing from 95.28 in 2000 to 98.01 in 2010. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander slightly decreased from 0.79 in 2000 to 0.77 in 2010. While those identifying with two or more races was at 3.14 in 2000, it was suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons. There were no individuals who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in both years. However, there was a new emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2010 at 0.66%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.28%	98.01%	2.87%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.79%	0.77%	-2.53%
Hispanic	0%	0.66%	0%
Two or More Races	3.14%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%