Glittenberg Surname

615,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 501 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Norway

Glittenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Glittenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3881:207,48823,611
United States511:7,107,038327,397
Norway381:135,32317,347
Austria91:946,15970,786
England51:11,143,612252,590
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
China21:683,660,78330,601
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Glittenberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Glittenberg is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Glittenberg click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Glittenberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name Glittenberg is the 615,220th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Glittenberg are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 388 people, or 1 in 207,488. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 79 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent are found and Hamburg, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Norway, where 8 percent are found.

Glittenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Glittenberg has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 850 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Glittenberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Glittenberg last name are 37.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 84% registered with the political party.

The amount Glittenberg earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 24.46% less than the national average, earning 261,442 kr per year and in United States they earn 29.38% less than the national average, earning $30,472 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Glittenbierg961/
Glitenberg951/
Glettenberg91155/
Glenberg8445/
Gleisenberg8253/
Gleißenberg8238/
Glennberg803/
Gleissenberg783/
Gletemberg765/
Glemberg748/

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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 Glittenberg
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