How common is the surname Glavin?

1,296 people in the United States had the surname Glavin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,230 Americans. It ranked 20,480th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Glavin getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,296 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Glavin

A surname, carried by 1,296 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G415

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Glavin is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,296 people named Glavin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,230 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,308.

#20,480

rank among US surnames

1,296

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,196)

Who is named Glavin

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

97% of people named Glavin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Two or more races 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Glavin

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

Questions

How common is the surname Glavin?: 1,296 people in the United States had the surname Glavin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,230 Americans. It ranked 20,480th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Glavin?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Glavin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Glavin getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,296 in 2010, down 0.9%.