Glasgow Surname
Approximately 21,472 people bear this surname
Glasgow Surname Definition:
From the old burgh now the city of Glasgow. John de Glasgu was chaplain of Gamelin, bishop of St. Andrews in 1258 (RPSA., p. 173), Andrew de Glasgow, escheator in 1289 (ER., I, p. 47), and John of Glasgow appears as a monk of Holyrood in 1299 (Bain, II, 1052).
Read More About This SurnameGlasgow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12,735 | 1:28,462 | 3,539 |
| England | 1,631 | 1:34,162 | 4,511 |
| Guyana | 987 | 1:772 | 99 |
| Australia | 885 | 1:30,504 | 4,073 |
| Canada | 778 | 1:47,359 | 5,769 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 759 | 1:1,797 | 305 |
| Scotland | 734 | 1:7,294 | 1,111 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 677 | 1:166 | 25 |
| Northern Ireland | 503 | 1:3,668 | 719 |
| New Zealand | 454 | 1:9,974 | 1,736 |
| Barbados | 195 | 1:1,474 | 313 |
| Saint Lucia | 131 | 1:1,365 | 255 |
| Nigeria | 127 | 1:1,394,825 | 54,286 |
| British Virgin Islands | 92 | 1:343 | 71 |
| Jamaica | 73 | 1:39,314 | 2,567 |
| South Africa | 71 | 1:763,066 | 52,802 |
| Panama | 59 | 1:66,309 | 2,910 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 58 | 1:952 | 190 |
| Liberia | 51 | 1:86,442 | 7,100 |
| Venezuela | 46 | 1:656,610 | 11,395 |
| Ireland | 41 | 1:114,852 | 5,857 |
| Cayman Islands | 35 | 1:1,826 | 234 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 35 | 1:2,833 | 434 |
| Grenada | 35 | 1:3,101 | 479 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 33 | 1:3,345 | 560 |
| Nicaragua | 31 | 1:194,229 | 2,495 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Bermuda | 24 | 1:2,720 | 427 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:154,727 | 10,755 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 14 | 1:2,452 | 252 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Anguilla | 5 | 1:2,687 | 256 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 259 | 1:17,104 | 2,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 406 | 1:9,220 | 1,206 |
| England | 243 | 1:100,310 | 10,120 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:156,842 | 6,008 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,607 | 1:31,250 | 3,768 |
Glasgow (84) may also be a first name.
Glasgow Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From the old burgh now the city of Glasgow. John de Glasgu was chaplain of Gamelin, bishop of St. Andrews in 1258 (RPSA., p. 173), Andrew de Glasgow, escheator in 1289 (ER., I, p. 47), and John of Glasgow appears as a monk of Holyrood in 1299 (Bain, II, 1052). Payment was made to John de Glasgu in 1343 for the table of the king's servants (ER., I, p. 531), Alan Glasgw was murdered in 1494 (Trials, I, p. 19), Robert Glasgow was a witness in the burgh in 1554 (Protocols, I), and John Glasgow was creditor of Mr. William Cuninghame in 1761 (Irvine, I, p. 121). Mac Giolla-Domhnaigh (Some Anglicised surnames in Ireland, p. 25) says that this name in Ulster is an Anglicized form of McCIuskey (MacBhloscaidhe).
(Celtic) belonging to Glasgow, 12th cent. Glasgu, Cleschu, a name of obscure origin, but referred by Rhys to a Gaelic pet name (Glaschu = Greyhound) of St. Kentigern or St. Mungo, around whose cell the place sprang up [Gaelic glas, grey +cu, a hound]. Another derivation recently put forward is the Welsh glas cau, ‘ green hollow.'
In Tyrone and other parts of Ulster this is a variant of MacCloskey (q.v.). SIF 80
In Tyrone and other parts of Ulster this is a variant of MacCloskey (q.v.). SIF 80
(Scottish) One who came from Glasgow (greyhound, or green hollows), in Lanarkshire.
The great northern city.
Local: from the city of Glasgow in Lanarkshire, or the town of Glasgow in Renfrewshire.
(Gaelic and Cornish-British) Local. From the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The green, fruitful place, from glas, green, and geu or gew, a "choice field,"the stay or support of the estate.
Glasgow Demographics
Average Glasgow Salary in
United States
$43,730 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Glasgow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Glasgow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Glasgow is found most in The United States. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Glasgow click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Glasgow? popularity and diffusion
The last name Glasgow is the 25,121st most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 339,398 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Glasgow reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Glasgow is also the 1,046,220th most numerous given name internationally. It is borne by 84 people.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 12,735 people, or 1 in 28,462. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 8 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and North Carolina, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 75 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent are found and Guyana, where 5 percent are found.
Glasgow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Glasgow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Glasgow surname rose 792 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 671 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 84 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Glasgow Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Presbyterian (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Glasgow last name are 11.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.92% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Glasgow earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 27.99% less than the national average, earning R 171,120 per year; in United States they earn 1.35% more than the national average, earning $43,730 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.74% less than the national average, earning $48,818 CAD per year.
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