# Glen (surname)

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

A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic for someone who lives in a valley.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,794 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,302 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 110,503 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (2,635 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɡlɛn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Glen 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Glen in the United Kingdom.

## People named Glen

- Georgie Glen, British actress

## Similar surnames

Glenn, Glynn, Galeano, Galeana, Galen, Gillen, Gelin, Guillen, Gilliam, Galan, Gillum, Gillam.

## 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.