# Glasser (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation for a glazier.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,221 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,844 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 73,145 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (3,983 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Glasser 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Glasser in the United States.

## People named Glasser

- Phillip Glasser, American actor and film producer
- William Glasser, American psychiatrist (1925–2013)
- Seymore Butts, American pornographic filmmaker

## Similar surnames

Glaser, Glazier, Glazer, Glaeser, Gallagher, Gilchrist, Gilcrease, Gilkerson.

## 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.