How common is the surname Glessner?

2,062 people in the United States had the surname Glessner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,731 Americans. It ranked 14,478th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Glessner?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Glessner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Glessner?

Frances Glessner Lee, American forensic scientist and "mother of forensic science".

Where is the surname Glessner most common?

Wikidata records people named Glessner in the United States.

Is the surname Glessner getting more or less common?

More common. 1,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,062 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Glessner

A surname, carried by 2,062 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Glessner is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,062 people named Glessner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,731 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,857.

#14,478

rank among US surnames

2,062

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+11%

change since 2000 (was #14,680)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,474	O'Hanlon	2,063	149,659
#14,478	Kelson	2,062	149,731
#14,485	Garten	2,061	149,804

Who is named Glessner

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

97% of people named Glessner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Glessners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frances Glessner Lee
American forensic scientist and "mother of forensic science", 1878–1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Glessner

Glessner has the Soundex code G425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G425.

Questions

How common is the surname Glessner?: 2,062 people in the United States had the surname Glessner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,731 Americans. It ranked 14,478th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Glessner?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Glessner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Glessner?: Frances Glessner Lee, American forensic scientist and "mother of forensic science".
Where is the surname Glessner most common?: Wikidata records people named Glessner in the United States.
Is the surname Glessner getting more or less common?: More common. 1,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,062 in 2010, up 11%.