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    The surname Gladwin

    An English surname, carried by 544 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G435

    Gladwin: #40,261 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gladwin #40,261, 544 people Gladwin: #40,261 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gladwin #40,261, 544 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gladwin is more common than 75.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From an Old English personal name *Glædwine, which is composed of the elements glæd (“shining; joyful”) and wine (“friend”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 544 people named Gladwin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 567,547 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 536.

    #40,261
    rank among US surnames
    544
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #38,771)

    Who is named Gladwin

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

    94% of people named Gladwin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gladwin

    Gladwin has the Soundex code G435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G435.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gladwin come from?
    From an Old English personal name *Glædwine, which is composed of the elements glæd (“shining; joyful”) and wine (“friend”).
    How common is the surname Gladwin?
    544 people in the United States had the surname Gladwin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 567,547 Americans. It ranked 40,261st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gladwin?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gladwin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gladwin getting more or less common?
    More common. 536 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 544 in 2010, up 1.5%.