Greenup

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)

1. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
2. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
   1. A village in Cumberland County, Illinois, United States.
   2. A small city, the county seat of Greenup County, Kentucky, United States.

Derived terms

• Greenup County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Greenup is the 27732^nd 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.