How common is the surname Glasser?

4,221 people in the United States had the surname Glasser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,145 Americans. It ranked 7,844th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Glasser?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Glasser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Glasser?

Phillip Glasser, American actor and film producer, followed by William Glasser.

Where is the surname Glasser most common?

Wikidata records people named Glasser in the United States.

Is the surname Glasser getting more or less common?

More common. 3,983 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,221 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Glasser

An occupational surname, carried by 4,221 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Glasser is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a glazier.

Glasser is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,221 people named Glasser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,145 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,983.

#7,844

rank among US surnames

4,221

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #7,702)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,841	Sperling	4,224	73,093
#7,842	Paden	4,223	73,110
#7,843	Look	4,222	73,128
#7,844	Glasser	4,221	73,145

Who is named Glasser

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

95% of people named Glasser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Glassers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Phillip Glasser
American actor and film producer, born 1978
William Glasser
American psychiatrist (1925–2013)
Seymore Butts
American pornographic filmmaker, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Glasser

Glasser has the Soundex code G426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G426.

Questions

How common is the surname Glasser?: 4,221 people in the United States had the surname Glasser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,145 Americans. It ranked 7,844th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Glasser?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Glasser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Glasser?: Phillip Glasser, American actor and film producer, followed by William Glasser.
Where is the surname Glasser most common?: Wikidata records people named Glasser in the United States.
What type of surname is Glasser?: Glasser is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Glasser getting more or less common?: More common. 3,983 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,221 in 2010, up 6.0%.