Glanvile is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Glanvile
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning:

Glanvile is variant form of Glyde. A sort of road, or more properly speaking an opening. Aberdeenshire. 2. Gleid, squinting.

Glanvile is a variant of Glanfield. See Glanville - A place in the arrondissement of Pont- l'Evêque, in Normandy, It is latinized ‘De Glanvilla,' and anglicized Glanfield. Robert de Glanville, a tenant in Suffolk, temp. Domesday was ancestor of the earls of Suffolk of that name.

The Glanvilles of Catchfrench, county of Corn wall, are descended from the G.'s of Halwell, county of Devon, circ. 1400, and they, according to tradition, from Ranulf de Glanville, lord of Glanville, near Pont l'Evêque, who entered England with the Conqueror.

The variant of Glidden. A variant of Gladwin meaning "kind friend".

Glanvile is variant of Glide. See Glyde - A sort of road, or more properly speaking an opening. Aberdeenshire. 2. Gleid, squinting.

How popular is Glanvile?

Glanvile is ranked 4772287 on our list.

Glanvile is an uncommon surname, few people in England have the family name and might have roots in England. So far only 17 people have been found who wears Glanvile as their surname. Few people around the world have Glanvile as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
125,553 England14

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