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

Family Name / Last Name: Gliddon
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

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

Gliddon is the 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.

Gliddon is the variant of the Glidden. A variant of Gladwin meaning "kind friend".

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

How popular is Gliddon?

Gliddon is common in England, Australia, United States, Canada.

Gliddon is ranked 245400 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gliddons grew by 20.77 per cent to 157 since 2000 and ranked 111988 after elevating 10546 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.18 92.31
Gliddon is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in England. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Australia. Around 1621 person has been found who wears Gliddon as their family name. Gliddon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Gliddon:
8,811 England708
7,723 Australia419
101,647 United States243
32,546 Canada102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,843 New Zealand62
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
78,799 South Africa35
8,358 Wales29
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
23,443 Scotland8

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

George-R. Gliddon was 36 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on October 5, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as lecturer and took Gliddon from London. Henry-A. Gliddon (17), Catherine Gliddon, are others that migrated to US.

Gliddon Namesakes

  • George Gliddon, English-born American Egyptologist

Gliddon Namesakes

  • George Gliddon, English-born American Egyptologist

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