Glazs Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Glazs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Glazs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Glazs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Glazs (Russian: Глазс) is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Glazs? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Glazs are found; 67 percent are found in Northern Europe and 67 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
It is most numerous in Latvia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 1,025,023. In Latvia Glazs is primarily concentrated in: Latgale, where 50 percent live and Riga Planning Region, where 50 percent live. Apart from Latvia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Glazs Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Glazs in the Russian language | ||
| Глазс | glazs | - |
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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 Glazs
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