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The surname Glanton

A surname, carried by 1,650 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G453

Glanton: #17,169 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Glanton #17,169, 1,650 people Glanton: #17,169 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Glanton #17,169, 1,650 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Glanton is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,650 people named Glanton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,119 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,345.

#17,169
rank among US surnames
1,650
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+22.7%
change since 2000 (was #18,822)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,169Din1,650187,119
#17,176Haslett1,649187,232

Who is named Glanton

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

61% of people named Glanton identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

  • Black (not Hispanic) 61%
  • White (not Hispanic) 34%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Glanton

Glanton has the Soundex code G453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G453.

Questions

How common is the surname Glanton?
1,650 people in the United States had the surname Glanton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,119 Americans. It ranked 17,169th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Glanton?
In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Glanton identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Glanton getting more or less common?
More common. 1,345 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,650 in 2010, up 23%.