The surname Glackin
An Irish surname, carried by 694 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G425
Origin
Irish origin
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Glacáin, from a diminutive of glac (“grasp”).
One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 694 people named Glackin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 444,878 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 640.
Who is named Glackin
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Glackin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Glacken
Surnames that sound like Glackin
Glackin has the Soundex code G425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G425.
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Glackin come from?
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Glacáin, from a diminutive of glac (“grasp”).
- How common is the surname Glackin?
- 694 people in the United States had the surname Glackin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 444,878 Americans. It ranked 32,994th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Glackin?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Glackin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Glackin getting more or less common?
- More common. 640 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 694 in 2010, up 8.4%.
- What are other spellings of Glackin?
- Glacken.