Greenhalgh
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Greenhaw
Etymology
From Old English grēne (“green”) + holh (“hollow”).
Proper noun
Greenhalgh (countable and uncountable, plural Greenhalghs)
- A village in Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton parish, Fylde district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD399733).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Greenhalgh is the 12227th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2546 individuals. Greenhalgh is most common among White (95.29%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Greenhalgh”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 80.
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