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    The surname Gladson

    A surname, carried by 1,091 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G432

    Gladson: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gladson #23,333, 1,091 people Gladson: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gladson #23,333, 1,091 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gladson is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,091 people named Gladson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 976.

    #23,333
    rank among US surnames
    1,091
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.8%
    change since 2000 (was #24,115)

    Who is named Gladson

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

    94% of people named Gladson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gladson

    Gladson has the Soundex code G432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G432.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gladson?
    1,091 people in the United States had the surname Gladson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. It ranked 23,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gladson?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gladson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Gladson getting more or less common?
    More common. 976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,091 in 2010, up 12%.