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The GLASGOW surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 8,621 3774 0.003 32
United States (1880 census) 1,606 3611 0.003 32
Change since 1880 +7015 -163 0 0
Other Countries
Australia 325 4839 0.002 20
United Kingdom 1,689 3397 0.004 37
Top States for GLASGOW by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 817 2778 0.004 39
California 600 4737 0.002 18
New York 600 3180 0.003 32
Alabama 493 1448 0.011 111
Florida 434 4619 0.003 27
Top States for GLASGOW by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 493 1448 0.011 111
Oklahoma 251 1860 0.007 73
Arkansas 183 1930 0.007 68
Tennessee 373 2219 0.007 66
Iowa 185 2006 0.006 63

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GLASGOW live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GLASGOW represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GLASGOW in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GLASGOW by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GLASGOW

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GLASGOW surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GLASGOW surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GLASGOW in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 182 2.11
White (Hispanic) 153 1.77
Native American/Alaskan 46 0.53
Asian/Pacific 24 0.28
White (Caucasian) 6,753 78.33
Black/African American 1,463 16.97

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GLASGOW surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GLASGOW in historical publications

(origin: Gaelic and Cor. Br. Local) From the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The green, fruitful place, from glas, green, and geu or gew, a "choice field," the stay or support of the estate.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


GLASGOW. Tlie great northern city.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to GLASGOW

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GLASGOW.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GLASGOW

The following words are slight variants of GLASGOW that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.