Glasgow is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic and Cornish-British. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Glasgow
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Gaelic and Cornish-British
Meaning: 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

How popular is Glasgow?

Glasgow is common in United States.

Glasgow is ranked 24833 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Glasgow bearers increased by 5.301009 per cent in 2010 US census to 9078 since 2000, the surname slipped by 139 spots and ranked at 3913. The last name was found in around 31 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.9 78.33
Black 19.42 16.97
Hispanic or Latino 2.46 1.77
Others 2.29 2.11
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.54 0.53
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.4 0.28
Glasgow is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is ahead in terms of density. Around 20630 people have been found who wears Glasgow as their family name. Glasgow is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
318,252 Ukraine6
262 Anguilla5
23,739 Nigeria5
122,390 Belarus4
941 Liberia3
6,353 Panama2
1,500,361 India2
1,472 The Bahamas2
12,161 Wales2
5,671 Guatemala2
18,625 Japan2
118,441 Germany2
26,532 Chile2
21,529 Singapore2
3,243 Suriname1
8,859 Iraq1
7,191 Afghanistan1
3,586 Honduras1
16,640 Hong Kong1
174,544 Czech Republic1
2,578 Guam1
42,479 Greece1
897,276 Russia1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
28,746 Algeria1
49,101 Denmark1
24,460 Armenia1
5,916 Mozambique1
38,830 Morocco1
50,549 Georgia1
40,340 Malaysia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
58,885 Poland1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
80 British Virgin Islands44
6,873 Ireland44
471 Grenada34
241 Saint Kitts and Nevis34
383 Antigua and Barbuda33
2,622 Nicaragua29
643 United States Virgin Islands24
154 Turks and Caicos Islands24
405 Bermuda22
69,202 Netherlands18
83,233 Spain16
464 Cayman Islands15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
Countries with hundreds of Glasgow:
5,569 Canada783
276 Trinidad and Tobago767
4,303 Australia698
18 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines576
1,761 New Zealand426
928 Northern Ireland346
84 Saint Lucia310
22,865 South Africa256
339 Barbados155
84,907 France110
2,171 Jamaica107
Countries with thousands of Glasgow:
3,821 England1,974
676 Scotland1,227
92 Guyana1,034
Countries with ten thousands of Glasgow:
3,540 United States11,286
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Margaret Glasgow hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Queen Of The West and arrived on April 11, 1846. Catherine Glasgow (2), Robert Glasgow (40) Immigrant, 40 years old Elizabeth Glasgow, 8 years old Margaret Glasgow, Immigrant James Glasgow, Jane Glasgow, aged 13, Elizabeth Glasgow, 6 years old Samuel Glasgow, and 36 other Glasgow around 37.5% of whom were workman while others worked as tailoress and servant, spinster migrated to US.

Glasgow Namesakes

  • Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow, Hereditary peer
  • Ellen Glasgow, Novelist
  • Scott Glasgow, Musical composer
  • David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow, Politician
  • Scott Glasgow, Musical composer
  • Deborahe Glasgow, Singer
  • Jai Glasgow, Randy Pausch's wife
  • John Glasgow Kerr, Physician
  • Kristan Glasgow Erickson, Author
  • Laurette Glasgow, Diplomat

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