Glaff Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Glaff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Glaff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Glaff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Glaff is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Glaff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Glaff reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States Glaff is most frequent in: Wisconsin, where 38 percent live, Florida, where 25 percent live and Minnesota, where 13 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 22 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.

Glaff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Glaff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Glaff last name declined 11 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Glaff Last Name Statistics demography

Glaff earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.19% less than the national average, earning $37,889 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Glaiff911/
Glaffe911/
Glaf891/
Gloff80218/
Glasf801/
Glaif801/
Gladf801/
Glafs800/
Glafe800/
Guellaff7727/
Gellaf731/
Glaufe731/
Glab671,815/
Guellaf67551/
Glaw67521/
Glav679/
Ghellaf671/
Glof671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Glaff
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