How common is the surname Glazer?

3,361 people in the United States had the surname Glazer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,861 Americans. It ranked 9,658th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Glazer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Glazer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Glazer?

Malcolm Glazer, American businessman, sports franchise owner (1928–2014), followed by Joel Glazer.

Where is the surname Glazer most common?

Wikidata records people named Glazer in the United States.

Is the surname Glazer getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,361 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Glazer

An occupational surname, carried by 3,361 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Glazer is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a glazer.

Glazer 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 3,361 people named Glazer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,861 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,468.

#9,658

rank among US surnames

3,361

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,723)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,652	Pecoraro	3,362	91,834
#9,658	Durrett	3,361	91,861
#9,661	Hellman	3,360	91,889
#9,664	Dinardo	3,359	91,916
#9,666	Kennelly	3,358	91,943
#9,667	Oliveri	3,357	91,971

Who is named Glazer

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

96% of people named Glazer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Glazers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Malcolm Glazer
American businessman, sports franchise owner (1928–2014)
Joel Glazer
American sports executive, born 1970
Avram Glazer
American businessman (born 1960)
Nathan Glazer
American sociologist (1923–2019)
Eugene Robert Glazer
American actor, born 1942

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Glazer

Glazer has the Soundex code G426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G426.

Questions

How common is the surname Glazer?: 3,361 people in the United States had the surname Glazer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,861 Americans. It ranked 9,658th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Glazer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Glazer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Glazer?: Malcolm Glazer, American businessman, sports franchise owner (1928–2014), followed by Joel Glazer.
Where is the surname Glazer most common?: Wikidata records people named Glazer in the United States.
What type of surname is Glazer?: Glazer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Glazer getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,361 in 2010, down 3.1%.