Greenwald: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Families named Greenwald carry a German surname with a long history. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “dweller in the green forest”. Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood.

The 2010 census count for Greenwald in the United States was 6,664, good for rank 5,234. Names that sound alike, such as Grunewald, are easily confused in old records.

Sharing the Greenwald name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families. Research your Greenwald family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.