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    The surname Gleaves

    A surname, carried by 1,110 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G412

    Gleaves: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gleaves #23,019, 1,110 people Gleaves: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gleaves #23,019, 1,110 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gleaves is more common than 85.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,110 people named Gleaves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,010.

    #23,019
    rank among US surnames
    1,110
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.9%
    change since 2000 (was #23,468)

    Who is named Gleaves

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

    64% of people named Gleaves identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gleaves?
    1,110 people in the United States had the surname Gleaves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. It ranked 23,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gleaves?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Gleaves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gleaves getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,010 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,110 in 2010, up 9.9%.