Explore the Family Name Greenwade

The meaning of Greenwade

Perhaps an altered form of English Greenwood.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Greenwade showed a slight decrease in popularity over a decade, ranking 51,458th in 2000 and dropping to 53,204th in 2010. This represents a change of -3.39 percent. However, the count of individuals bearing this surname increased slightly from 380 in 2000 to 389 in 2010, marking an increase of 2.37 percent. The proportion per 100k people also decreased slightly from 0.14 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010, indicating a -7.14 percent change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#51,458	#53,204	-3.39%
Count	380	389	2.37%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Greenwade

The ethnicity distribution for the surname Greenwade has shown some interesting changes between 2000 and 2010, as indicated by the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of individuals identifying as White decreased from 50.79 percent in 2000 to 43.96 percent in 2010, a change of -13.45 percent. Those identifying as Black remained nearly steady, with a slight decrease from 45.53 percent in 2000 to 44.99 percent in 2010. Interestingly, there was a significant increase in those identifying with two or more ethnicities, going up from 2.63 percent in 2000 to 7.20 percent in 2010, representing a substantial 173.76 percent increase. Additionally, the data shows a new emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2010 that was not present in 2000. The percentages for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at zero for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	45.53%	44.99%	-1.19%
White	50.79%	43.96%	-13.45%
Two or More Races	2.63%	7.2%	173.76%
Hispanic	0%	3.34%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%