The surname Glatt
A surname, carried by 1,713 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex G430
Origin
South German and Jewish surname, from the adjective glatt (“sleek, smooth”).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,713 people named Glatt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,237 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,272.
Who is named Glatt
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Glatt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Glatt has the Soundex code G430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G430.
Questions
- Where does the surname Glatt come from?
- South German and Jewish surname, from the adjective glatt (“sleek, smooth”).
- How common is the surname Glatt?
- 1,713 people in the United States had the surname Glatt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,237 Americans. It ranked 16,707th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Glatt?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Glatt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Glatt getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,713 in 2010, up 35%.