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There are approximately 1,874 people named Greenwell in the UK. That makes it the 4,730th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 30 are named Greenwell.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Greenwell surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

GREENWELL. "The wide-spreading and ancient family of Greenwell are descended from Gulielmus Presbyter, who in 1183, as ajDpears from 'Boklon Buke,' held the lands of Greenwell in the parish of Walsingham, co. Durham, and whose son James assumed the name of the place of his inheritance," B.L.G.

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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