Greengrass
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English grēne (“green”) + græs (“grass”), probably a toponymic surname for a person living near a grassland.
Proper noun[edit]
Greengrass (plural Greengrasses)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Greengrass is the 81772nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 231 individuals. Greengrass is most common among White (60.17%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (29.44%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Greengrass”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 80.