Greenup
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Greenop
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumberland, from Old English grēne (“green”) + hop (“small enclosure”).
Proper noun
Greenup (countable and uncountable, plural Greenups)
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
- (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
- A village in Cumberland County, Illinois, United States.
- A small city, the county seat of Greenup County, Kentucky, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Greenup is the 27732nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 867 individuals. Greenup is most common among White (74.16%) and Black/African American (13.84%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Greenup”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 81.