Glaser surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Glaser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,235 people carried this name — #3,493 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (10,271).

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

568 people named Glaser live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 144
Basel-Landschaft 122
Aargau 57
Basel-Stadt 54
Bern 37
St. Gallen 33
Solothurn 28
Vaud 26

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 227 people named Glaser.

64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 64
Moselle 54
Bas-Rhin 25
Haut-Rhin 24
Paris 20
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Vosges 4
Pyrénées-Orientales 3
Haute-Saône 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 200 people named Glaser live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 61
Córdoba 40
Santa Fe 35
City of Buenos Aires 28
Misiones 24
Chaco 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

169 people named Glaser have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 254 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 37
Greater Poland 35
Pomeranian 33
Lower Silesian 21
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 16
Lesser Poland 15
Lubusz 9
West Pomeranian 3

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

103 people named Glaser is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 103

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Glaser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Siegfried Glaser d. 1932 · teacher
  • Martin Glaser d. 1553 · monk
  • John Glaser d. 2024 · basketball player
  • Michel Glaser (der Ältere) 1435–1474
  • Ludwig Glaser 1460–1475
  • Anthoni Glaser 1482–1551 · artist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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