The Glab surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 483 people carried this name — #44,500 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 491 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Glab surname
From Polish Głąb.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Glab» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
5,943 people named Glab have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 6,444 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Glab.
Most of them — 35 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Marne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Glab,
with a public archive behind them.
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Volker Glab 1953– · translator
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Jade Glab 2000– · beauty pageant contestant
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Glab.
- Giuntini 162 · U.S. census
- Giusti 1,760 · U.S. census
- Giustiniani 141 · U.S. census
- Giusto 751 · U.S. census
- Giza 931 · U.S. census
- Gizzi 1,227 · U.S. census
- Glace 449 · U.S. census
- Glad 1,156 · U.S. census
- Gladieux 489 · U.S. census
- Gladin 298 · U.S. census
- Glady 133 · U.S. census
- Glaize 117 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Glab is.
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