Gleaves Surname

193,388th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Gleaves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gleaves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4741:245,90223,432
England4901:113,71011,663
Canada501:736,91258,785
Australia411:658,43245,385
Wales291:106,7088,358
Mexico221:5,642,10030,806
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France21:33,211,361423,184
Tonga11:107,313791
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4431:55,0236,556
Isle of Man41:13,5671,192
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3091:162,52014,796

Gleaves (33) may also be a first name.

Gleaves Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gleaves is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gleaves? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gleaves is the 193,388th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,350,596 people. The last name Gleaves is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Gleaves are found; 66 percent are found in North America and 65 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 33 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,474 people, or 1 in 245,902. In The United States Gleaves is mostly found in: Tennessee, where 29 percent live, Texas, where 12 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Besides The United States Gleaves exists in 19 countries. It is also found in England, where 23 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Gleaves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gleaves has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gleaves last name rose 477 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 111 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 2,900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Gleaves Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Gleaves last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Gleaves surname are 1.82% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.05% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Gleaves earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 106.88% more than the national average, earning R 491,628 per year; in United States they earn 5.3% more than the national average, earning $45,434 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.08% more than the national average, earning $63,632 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gleave923,868/
Glaves921,207/
Gleves922/
Gleavey8638/
Gleabes868/
Glavies868/
Gleaver862/
Gleeves861/
Gliaves860/
Glave831,597/
Gleve8341/
Glavey77375/
Glavee77356/
Glavis77131/
Gleavy7768/
Glavez7757/
Glaive7749/
Glever7746/
Glavie7744/
Glebes7732/
Glavet7723/
Glaver7717/
Glevis7716/
Glaeve777/
Glabes775/
Gleeve775/
Glevez774/
Glavje772/
Glawes771/
Gleabe771/
Glyves771/
Glives770/
Glewes770/
Glebets71221/
Glavish7191/
Glatved7115/
Glaubes715/
Gleawea715/
Glavice713/
Glivets712/
Gleubes712/
Gleyver711/
Glejver711/
Gleivys711/
Glebais711/
Glauver711/
Glaaver711/
Glauvey710/
Gleevis710/
Glebe67720/
Gillevet6724/
Glive6723/
Glavy6716/
Glavi6715/
Glewa6715/
Glevy6713/
Gläve6712/
Glewe6710/
Gladtvet679/
Glavă676/
Glaviche671/
Gillever670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Gleaves
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis