Gladow Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Israel

Gladow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gladow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2401:335,43933,076
Israel1051:81,5019,827
United States711:5,105,055259,233
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Gladow Last Name Facts

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

Gladow is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gladow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 701,000th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Gladow reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 240 people, or 1 in 335,439. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Berlin, where 23 percent are found, Brandenburg, where 23 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 18 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.

Gladow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gladow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gladow surname increased 645 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gladow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gladow last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the party.

Gladow earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 50.98% more than the national average, earning $65,146 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gleadow92255/
Glasdow9212/
Gleadowe863/
Gladov8399/
Glodow834/
Gladova7790/
Glyadov7750/
Gledhow7723/
Gladoff771/
Glodov6735/
Gledov671/
Guilliadov631/
Glodova6230/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gladow
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