# Glazer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/glazer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation for a glazer.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,361 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,658 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 91,861 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.1% (3,468 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Glazer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Glazer in the United States.

## People named Glazer

- Malcolm Glazer, American businessman, sports franchise owner (1928–2014)
- Joel Glazer, American sports executive
- Avram Glazer, American businessman (born 1960)
- Nathan Glazer, American sociologist (1923–2019)
- Eugene Robert Glazer, American actor

## Similar surnames

Glaser, Glasser, Glazier, Glaeser, Gallagher, Gilchrist, Gilcrease, Gilkerson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.