Glaucus Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Glaucus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Glaucus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France351:1,897,792163,564
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Glaucus (230) may also be a first name.

Glaucus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Glaucus occurs most in France. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Glaucus? popularity and diffusion

The surname Glaucus is the 3,185,033rd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Glaucus are found; 92 percent are found in Caribbean and 92 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 591,855th most frequently used first name globally, held by 230 people.

The last name Glaucus is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 1,897,792. In France Glaucus is primarily concentrated in: Martinique, where 100 percent reside. Excluding France Glaucus exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 3 percent reside and Greece, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Glacus921/
Glacius863/
Glucius862/
Gloucius801/
Glacos771/
Glyukus711/
Gluukos711/
Glaskus710/
Gleicius671/
Gluku671/
Glaku671/
Glasscut670/
Gleichaus631/
Glukos6211/
Nglaku6210/
Glaskou572/
Glukhuy571/
Glascou570/

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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 Glaucus
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