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    The surname Glidden

    A surname, carried by 4,739 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G435

    Glidden: #7,061 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Glidden #7,061, 4,739 people Glidden: #7,061 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Glidden #7,061, 4,739 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Glidden is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,739 people named Glidden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,150 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,662.

    #7,061
    rank among US surnames
    4,739
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #6,680)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,057Propst4,74365,095
    #7,059Maze4,74265,109
    #7,060Edgerton4,74065,136
    #7,061Wittman4,73965,150

    Who is named Glidden

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

    95% of people named Glidden identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gliddens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joseph Glidden
      American farmer who patented barbed wire (1813-1906)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Glidden

    Glidden has the Soundex code G435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G435.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Glidden?
    4,739 people in the United States had the surname Glidden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,150 Americans. It ranked 7,061st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Glidden?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Glidden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Glidden?
    Joseph Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire (1813-1906).
    Where is the surname Glidden most common?
    Wikidata records people named Glidden in the United States.
    Is the surname Glidden getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,739 in 2010, up 1.7%.