Greenhalgh

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Greenhaw

Etymology

From Old English grēne (“green”) + holh (“hollow”).

Proper noun

Greenhalgh (countable and uncountable, plural Greenhalghs)

1. A village in Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton parish, Fylde district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD399733).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Greenhalgh is the 12227^th 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.