Glas Surname
Approximately 8,992 people bear this surname
Glas Surname Definition:
An old Gaelic personal name found in Dunmaglas, Dun Mac Glais, 'fort of the sons of Glas' (Watson I, p. 238). See Glass.
Glas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,369 | 1:23,896 | 3,169 |
| Netherlands | 1,969 | 1:8,577 | 1,072 |
| United States | 895 | 1:404,982 | 35,340 |
| France | 442 | 1:150,278 | 23,282 |
| Austria | 393 | 1:21,668 | 3,405 |
| Sweden | 262 | 1:37,583 | 3,027 |
| Argentina | 187 | 1:228,574 | 18,728 |
| Canada | 152 | 1:242,405 | 23,093 |
| South Africa | 149 | 1:363,609 | 33,044 |
| Slovenia | 138 | 1:18,027 | 4,165 |
| Poland | 128 | 1:296,943 | 35,597 |
| Croatia | 115 | 1:36,770 | 7,465 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Venezuela | 71 | 1:425,410 | 8,610 |
| Czechia | 64 | 1:166,148 | 25,172 |
| Belgium | 64 | 1:179,635 | 24,162 |
| Australia | 55 | 1:490,831 | 37,357 |
| Ecuador | 51 | 1:311,879 | 9,102 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Switzerland | 33 | 1:248,876 | 20,666 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Thailand | 29 | 1:2,435,805 | 267,220 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Serbia | 25 | 1:285,798 | 14,883 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 105 | 1:478,273 | 34,042 |
The alternate forms: Glás (4) are calculated separately.
Glas (106) may also be a first name.
Glas Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
An old Gaelic personal name found in Dunmaglas, Dun Mac Glais, 'fort of the sons of Glas' (Watson I, p. 238). See Glass.
Either simply from the adjective glas, grey,' or a shortened form of Mac Gille glais families locally called barons from the fifteenth century till recently (Stodart, II). In 1506 there is record of a grant of half the lands of Langilculcreich in Bute to Alexander Glass (RMS., II, 2987). The name is also in record in Perth in 1674 (Methven, p. 103), and fifteen of the name are recorded in the Commissariot Record of Dunblane from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Donald Glasse in Dingwall is mentioned in 1652 (IDR., p. 239), and John Glass was a 'bucher (butcher) in Elgine,' 1674 (ibid., p. 45). The Rev. John Glass, minister of Tealing, was founder of the religious body known as 'Glassites' (later Sandemanians). In a letter to the Oban Times some years ago the late Mr. Henry Campbell, an accurate genealogist, says:"I know of at least one case where a small family of Campbells showed every indication of forgetting their surname and settling down as Glass-because an ancestor happened I suppose, to go grey at an early age; and I have little doubt there are persons now labelled as Glass who are really Campbells." See also Macgilleglas. Glas is also an old Gaelic personal name, whence Dunmaglas (Dun Mac Glais), 'fort of the sons of Glas' (Watson I, p. 238).
A parish in cos. Aberdeen and Banff; also an island, a lake, and a river in Scotland.
Green.
From glaze, glase, green. Glas is the Cornish for a country.
(Gaelic.) Gray, pale, wan; glas, Welsh, green.
1. From Glass, a parish in cos. Aberdeen and Banff. 2. From Nicholas. compare Class and the German Claus; whence Clause, Clausse, Claussen, Classen. 3. From Gael, glas, grey, blue, green; found in Irish, W., Armor., and Corn.
The present home of the name of Glass in this county is in the Exbourne district. Nicholas Glass was the name of the mayor of Barnstaple in 1787 and 1804 (G.). Glass was the name of two Tiverton churchwardens in 1723 and 1724 (D.). The name is also established in Wiltshire.
Glass is an old Marlborough name. Thomas Glass lost property to the extent of £711 in the great fire of 1653 in that town (W.): his name is still represented there.
Glas Demographics
Glas Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Glas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Glas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Glas (Hindi: ग्लास, Oriya: ଗାସ, Russian: Глас) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Glás. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Glas? popularity and diffusion
Glas is the 56,402nd most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 810,448 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Glas reside; 70 percent reside in Western Europe and 65 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 915,176th most commonly used forename internationally It is held by 106 people.
Glas is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 3,369 people, or 1 in 23,896. In Germany it is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 64 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 8 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent reside. Barring Germany it occurs in 72 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.
Glas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Glas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Glas last name grew 852 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,750 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Glas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Glas last name are 21.21% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.98% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Glas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 83.72% more than the national average, earning 635,831 kr per year; in Peru they earn 1269.77% more than the national average, earning S/. 265,529 per year; in South Africa they earn 21.85% more than the national average, earning R 289,572 per year; in United States they earn 9.94% more than the national average, earning $47,438 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.14% less than the national average, earning $49,615 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Glas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Glas in the Hindi language | ||
| ग्लास | glasa | - |
| Glas in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାସ | gasa | - |
| Glas in the Russian language | ||
| Глас | glas | - |
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