# Gladstone (surname)

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

A Scottish habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,426 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,724 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 127,265 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (2,391 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡlædstən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Gledstanes, Gledstone |

## Etymology

From Old English glæd (“shining”) + stān (“stone”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gladstone 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gladstone in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Gladstone

- Lily Gladstone, American actress (born 1986)
- John Hall Gladstone, British chemist (1827-1902)

## Similar surnames

Goldstein, Goldston, Goldstone, Gladson, Goldsmith, Gulledge, Goldsberry, Goldschmidt, Goldsby, Goldsborough, Goltz, Goldsworthy.

## 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.