Last Name GREENWOOD

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Meaning	Local: At the green-wood, a well-known Yorkshire name. Of course other spots might give rise to the last name. But is is certain that some small spot between Huddersfield and Slaithwaite has given birth to the Greenwoods, who have ramified so marvellously in that county.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank	1,334 (2000 US census)	1,276 (1990 US census)

Count	24,301 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

82.55%, or 20060 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.85%, or 3123 total occurrences, as black,
0.44%, or 107 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.95%, or 231 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.54%, or 374 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.67%, or 406 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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