Glorney Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Glorney Surname Definition:
Ó Gloiairn is the Irish form used in O’Heerin’s “Topographical Poem”. A Kilkenny name much confused with Glory (q.v.). SIF 80
Glorney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Ireland | 13 | 1:362,226 | 14,761 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 15 | 1:295,324 | 11,912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Glorney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ó Gloiairn is the Irish form used in O’Heerin’s “Topographical Poem”. A Kilkenny name much confused with Glory (q.v.). SIF 80
The early forms O'Gloerne, O'Gloiairn and Gloryn occur fairly frequently in mediaeval records relating to Co. Kilkenny, e.g. the Justiciary Rolls and the Ormond Deeds. The first reference I have met is to one William O'Gloerne convicted as “a felon” in Co. Tipperary in 1292; eight years later several O'Gloernes ambushed an Englishman at Callan, Co. Kilkenny. It is also in the famous “Topographical Poem” of O'Dugan and O'Heerin: in a note (515) to this O'Donovan says this name, formerly anglicized Glory, was obsolete, but this was not the case as four Glory householders appear in Griffith's contemporary Valuation of Co. Kilkenny and it is definitely stated by the editors of the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries in 1853 that families of the name were then in Kilkenny city.
A more phonetic anglicization is Glorney, which is also still extant in Munster and in Dublin. Although the origin of Glory in mid-Leinster seems to be that given by O'Donovan, Glory in the northern half of the country is properly MacGlory, being derived from Mag Labhradha (Lavery). This appears in our records somewhat later than O'Gloerne and belongs to Ulster. The most interesting of such references is that to Donatus MacGlory who “held a bishop's court before the O'Neill and the Savage”
in Lecabe in 1447; another ecclesiastic of the Archdiocese of Armagh is called in Swayne's Register (1436) MacGlory alias MacClory. By the end of the sixteenth century the name was found south of the Ulster border in Co. Meath and the “census” of 1659 tells us that there were six families of MacGloyre (presumably a form of MacGlory) in the city of Dublin at that date. John Glorney was one of the Jacobites whose outlawry was reversed on appeal in 1699: he is described as of Co. Cork.
Ó Gloiairn is the Irish form used in O’Heerin’s “Topographical Poem”. A Kilkenny name much confused with Glory (q.v.). SIF 80
Glorney Demographics
Average Glorney Salary in
England
£38,500
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Glorney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Glorney Come From? nationality or country of origin
Glorney occurs most in England. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Glorney? popularity and diffusion
The surname Glorney is the 2,555,468th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Glorney live; 91 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in British Isles.
This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 1,505,893. In England Glorney is primarily concentrated in: Dorset, where 30 percent are found, Durham, where 22 percent are found and Greater London, where 19 percent are found. Aside from England it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 23 percent are found and Spain, where 4 percent are found.
Glorney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Glorney has changed over time. In Ireland the share of the population with the last name fell 13 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Glorney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (60%) in Ireland.
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