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There are approximately 179,213 people named Green in the UK. That makes it the 19th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 2,836 are named Green.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Nickname

Related and similar surnames

Grene
Greene
Graen
Grenn
Gren
Greeno
Graveen
Grein
Greben
Greten
Greven
Groen
Greem
Grano
Greno
Greenow
Greeen
Ghreen
Graien
Graeun
Green'y
Graaien
Graens
Graon
Greenew
Graion
Greena
Grayeon
Graleen
Gredeen
Greahen
Gradeen
Graighen
Greaghon

The Green surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

f" GREEN. A common prefix to local surnames, many of which camaot be traced to their sources in the ordinary gazetteer, such as Greengrass, Greenhaigh, Greenhale, Greenhorne (!), Greening, Greenland, Grecnleaf, Greentree, Greenslade, Greenway, Greeuwell, Greenberry, Greengrow, (-grove,) Greenhalf, (-haugh.) Greensides, Greenacre, Greenhead, (-promontoi'V.) The prefix is the A-Sax. grene, and the comiounds mostly explain themselves.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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