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    The surname Glavan

    A surname, carried by 593 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G415

    Glavan: #37,544 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Glavan #37,544, 593 people Glavan: #37,544 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Glavan #37,544, 593 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Glavan is more common than 76.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Serbo-Croatian Glavan or Slovene Glavan. Also, an alternative transliteration of Ukrainian Главан (Hlavan).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 593 people named Glavan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 520,650 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 587.

    #37,544
    rank among US surnames
    593
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #36,093)

    Who is named Glavan

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

    95% of people named Glavan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Hlavan

    Surnames that sound like Glavan

    Glavan has the Soundex code G415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G415.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Glavan come from?
    From Serbo-Croatian Glavan or Slovene Glavan. Also, an alternative transliteration of Ukrainian Главан (Hlavan).
    How common is the surname Glavan?
    593 people in the United States had the surname Glavan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 520,650 Americans. It ranked 37,544th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Glavan?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Glavan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Glavan getting more or less common?
    More common. 587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 593 in 2010, up 1.0%.
    What are other spellings of Glavan?
    Hlavan.