How common is the surname Glad?

1,156 people in the United States had the surname Glad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,081 Americans. It ranked 22,301st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Glad?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Glad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Glad?

Justen Glad, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Glad most common?

Wikidata records people named Glad in the United States.

Is the surname Glad getting more or less common?

More common. 1,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,156 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Glad

A surname, carried by 1,156 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Glad is more common than 86.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,156 people named Glad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,081 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,112.

#22,301

rank among US surnames

1,156

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #21,804)

Who is named Glad

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Glad identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Two or more races 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Glads

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Justen Glad
American soccer player, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Glad

Glad has the Soundex code G430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G430.

Questions

How common is the surname Glad?: 1,156 people in the United States had the surname Glad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,081 Americans. It ranked 22,301st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Glad?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Glad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Glad?: Justen Glad, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Glad most common?: Wikidata records people named Glad in the United States.
Is the surname Glad getting more or less common?: More common. 1,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,156 in 2010, up 4.0%.