Last Name GREEN

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Meaning	Local: At the green, from residence thereby, a grassy plat used by the village as common. As every village had its green, it is not surprising that our modern directories teem with the name. Local: At the green, from residence thereby, a grassy plat used by the village as common.As every village had its green, it is not surprising that our modern records teem with the name.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Danish, French, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Creole, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian, Guam

Rank	37 (2000 US census)	35 (1990 US census)

Count	413,477 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

59.33%, or 245316 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
36.23%, or 149803 total occurrences, as black,
0.34%, or 1406 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.61%, or 2522 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.78%, or 7360 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.71%, or 7070 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.