Gladding Surname

195,437th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Gladding Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gladwin,' modified to Gladding. The 'g' is excrescent (v. Gladwin); compare Golding for Goldwin, and probably Harding for Hardwin.

Gladding Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2991:279,02926,040
England5901:94,43710,093
New Zealand1091:41,5446,955
Canada991:372,17833,288
Australia311:870,82953,581
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1921:126,95511,883
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8171:61,4676,744

Gladding Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gladwin,' modified to Gladding. The 'g' is excrescent (v. Gladwin); compare Golding for Goldwin, and probably Harding for Hardwin.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

An old word employed by Gower, in the sense of pleasant, cheerful.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Danish, Glad; from the German, Glade; A. from the Swedish, Gladwin; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Gladding Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gladding Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gladding is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gladding? popularity and diffusion

Gladding is the 195,437th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,394,292 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Gladding reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Gladding is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 1,299 people, or 1 in 279,029. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Michigan, where 14 percent reside, New York, where 12 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in England, where 27 percent reside and New Zealand, where 5 percent reside.

Gladding Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gladding has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 159 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 307 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gladding Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gladding surname are 21.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.18% registered with the political party.

The amount Gladding earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.13% more than the national average, earning $45,362 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.6% more than the national average, earning $59,421 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gladdings942/
Glladding940/
Glading93523/
Gladdin9370/
Gllading880/
Gledding880/
Gladin862,762/
Gladdn860/
Gladden8010,812/
Glaudin80378/
Gladina80327/
Gladyng8022/
Gladion804/
Gloding803/
Glyadin802/
Glaydin801/
Glaadin801/
Gleding800/
Gillauddin781/
Gladn771/
Glaudina7534/
Glaudien752/
Gladienė751/
Glyadina751/
Gilladin750/
Gladen71882/
Gladinova71109/
Glodin7199/
Gladén7124/
Gladyn718/
Gladín711/
Gladne711/
Glahaidin711/
Gleaden6792/
Glodina6768/
Guillaudin6754/
Glauden6721/
Glaudinova675/
Glaudín671/
Gladinkova671/
Glodden671/
Glaiden671/
Glasden670/
Glayden670/

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