# Gladman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gladman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 581 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,155 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 531,404 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (557 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From glad + man, a nickname for a cheerful person or a surname for the servant of a man called Glad.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gladman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gladman in the United States.

## People named Gladman

- Marjorie Gladman, American tennis player

## Similar surnames

Goldman, Gladden, Gladney, Gladwin, Golden, Golding, Galdamez, Glidden, Goldenberg, Gwaltney, Goulding, Gleaton.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.