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
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Glasgow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Glasgow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Glasgow occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur 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 frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 339,398 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Glasgow live; 55 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America. Glasgow is also the 1,046,220th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 84 people.
It is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 12,735 people, or 1 in 28,462. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 8 percent reside, California, where 7 percent reside and North Carolina, where 5 percent reside. Barring The United States it is found in 75 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent reside and Guyana, where 5 percent reside.
Glasgow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Glasgow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Glasgow surname grew 792 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 671 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 84 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Glasgow Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Presbyterian (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States Glasgow are 11.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.92% registered with the political 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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