The Glass surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 41,802 people carried this name — #823 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,060 people counted. That is up 3% from 40,724 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 17 births for the Glass name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim and Londonderry.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 126 people named Glass 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 106 people named Glass.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Paris.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
91 people named Glass live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Poland’s population register
86 people named Glass have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 139 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 Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
31 people named Glass is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
In print
Glass in American newspapers,
1851–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,108,282 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Glass,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charlie Glass d. 1937 · cowboy
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Roi Glass d. 1848
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Noel Evelyn Glass d. 1974
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Mary Glass d. 1840
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Georgina Harriet Glass d. 1916
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Stephen Glass d. 1990
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Glass.
- Glady 133 · U.S. census
- Glaize 117 · U.S. census
- Glapa 117 · U.S. census
- Glardon 157 · U.S. census
- Glas 650 · U.S. census
- Glaser 10,235 · U.S. census
- Glasser 4,221 · U.S. census
- Glasson 794 · U.S. census
- Glatt 1,713 · U.S. census
- Glatz 790 · U.S. census
- Glaude 1,114 · U.S. census
- Glauser 523 · U.S. census
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