Glensk Surname

872,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 310 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Glensk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Glensk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland2121:179,28724,589
Germany901:894,50563,669
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Gleńsk (57) are calculated separately.

Glensk Last Name Facts

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

Glensk occurs in Poland more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Gleńsk. For other potential spellings of Glensk click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Glensk? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 872,430th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. Glensk occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Glensk are found; 69 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 69 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Glensk is most frequently used in Poland, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 179,287. Other than Poland Glensk occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 29 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gleńsk9457/
Glenske9221/
Gelensk920/
Gelenske8630/
Glansk8357/
Glinsk831/
Gyllenskg802/
Glinske7717/
Gelinsk7713/
Glenzke772/
Gelinske7175/
Gislinsk711/
Gilinske711/
Glinzk676/
Glinskova671/
Glessinzke630/
Glisshinske590/
Gelinsque531/

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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 Glensk
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