Gleeson is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gleeson
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gleeson

How popular is Gleeson?

Gleeson is common in England.

Gleeson is ranked 19927 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gleeson bearers increased by 2.241681 per cent in 2010 US census to 2919 since 2000, the surname slipped by 571 spots and ranked at 10907. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.91 94.82
Hispanic or Latino 2.57 1.54
Black 1.95 1.33
Others 1.34 1.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.86 0.42
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.38 0.21
Gleeson is quite popular family name mostly used in Australia while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 26078 people have been found who wears Gleeson as their family name. Gleeson 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
701,083 India8
615,517 Russia6
8,438 China5
11,480 Japan4
381,097 Ukraine4
78,945 Argentina3
2,720 South Korea3
4,881 Oman3
127,708 Czech Republic3
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
4,164 Vietnam2
723,167 Indonesia2
13,552 Qatar2
40,064 Nigeria2
124,220 Italy2
2,617 Cambodia2
624 Solomon Islands1
40,340 Malaysia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
15,705 Cameroon1
2,211 Brunei1
2,374 Bermuda1
165,773 Belarus1
6,820 Angola1
49,101 Denmark1
141 Nauru1
8,859 Iraq1
21,562 Portugal1
58,885 Poland1
537 Liechtenstein1
4,942 Libya1
2,057 Isle of Man1
3,586 Honduras1
1,818 Guernsey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
374 Jersey39
42,407 Sweden22
52,530 Belgium22
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
31,095 Spain79
17,456 Switzerland63
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Gleeson:
5,195 Canada846
8,421 South Africa767
978 New Zealand727
8,932 Mexico550
2,076 Wales192
3,510 Scotland177
71,225 Germany134
3,083 Botswana125
1,995 Northern Ireland119
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Gleeson:
347 Australia8,125
122 Ireland5,869
9,451 United States3,894
2,048 England3,888
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Gleeson worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Victoria and arrived on May 18, 1846. Mary Gleeson, aged 17, Spinster Sally Gleeson, 36 years old Laurence Gleeson, Michael Gleeson (22) Workman, John Gleeson (36) Workman, Catharine Gleeson (30) Spinster, Servant John Gleeson, Workman Timothy Gleeson, and 541 other Gleeson around 48.84% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and servant, tailoress, farmer, clerk, carpenter, dressmaker, shoemaker, miller, mechanic migrated to US from Galway, Liverpool and Cork.

Gleeson Namesakes

  • Murray Gleeson, Justice
  • Jake Gleeson, Soccer player
  • Brendan Gleeson, Actor
  • Brendan Gleeson, Actor
  • Jamie Gleeson, Soccer player
  • Brendan Gleeson, Actor
  • Jim Gleeson, Baseball player
  • Brian Gleeson, Actor
  • Brendan Gleeson, Actor
  • Brendan Gleeson, Actor

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