How common is the surname Glassman?

3,666 people in the United States had the surname Glassman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,219 Americans. It ranked 8,928th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Glassman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Glassman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Glassman?

Joyce Johnson, American novelist, short story writer, memoirist.

Where is the surname Glassman most common?

Wikidata records people named Glassman in the United States.

Is the surname Glassman getting more or less common?

More common. 3,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,666 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Glassman

An occupational surname, carried by 3,666 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Glassman is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of glass.

Glassman 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 3,666 people named Glassman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,219 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,590.

#8,928

rank among US surnames

3,666

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,450)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,920	Kersten	3,669	84,150
#8,923	Klingler	3,668	84,173
#8,925	Epley	3,667	84,196
#8,928	Weigand	3,666	84,219
#8,934	Godin	3,665	84,242
#8,936	Nickelson	3,664	84,265

Who is named Glassman

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

96% of people named Glassman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Glassmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joyce Johnson
American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, born 1935

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Glassman

Glassman has the Soundex code G425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G425.

Questions

How common is the surname Glassman?: 3,666 people in the United States had the surname Glassman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,219 Americans. It ranked 8,928th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Glassman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Glassman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Glassman?: Joyce Johnson, American novelist, short story writer, memoirist.
Where is the surname Glassman most common?: Wikidata records people named Glassman in the United States.
What type of surname is Glassman?: Glassman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Glassman getting more or less common?: More common. 3,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,666 in 2010, up 2.1%.