How common is the surname McGlasson?

1,047 people in the United States had the surname McGlasson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,886 Americans. It ranked 24,064th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McGlasson?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McGlasson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McGlasson getting more or less common?

More common. 1,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,047 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname McGlasson

A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 1,047 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGlasson is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Glasain (“son of Glasan”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of glas (“gray, green, blue”).

McGlasson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,047 people named McGlasson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,886 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,042.

#24,064

rank among US surnames

1,047

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #22,934)

Who is named McGlasson

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

92% of people named McGlasson identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McGlasson

McGlaughlin

McGlasson has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McGlasson come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Glasain (“son of Glasan”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of glas (“gray, green, blue”).
How common is the surname McGlasson?: 1,047 people in the United States had the surname McGlasson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,886 Americans. It ranked 24,064th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGlasson?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McGlasson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is McGlasson?: McGlasson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McGlasson getting more or less common?: More common. 1,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,047 in 2010, up 0.5%.