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The Glasser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,221 people carried this name — #7,844 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,983 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 330 people named Glasser.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Bas-Rhin 160
Haut-Rhin 52
Paris 33
Aisne 17
Moselle 8
Alpes-Maritimes 6
Seine-Saint-Denis 5
Nord 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

30 people named Glasser live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Aargau 14
Basel-Stadt 5
Zurich 5
Basel-Landschaft 3
Solothurn 3

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 print

Glasser in American newspapers,
1902–1904.

Newspaper page from Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico carrying the name Glasser
Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico 1902-12-26
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Tribune carrying the name Glasser
The Salt Lake Tribune 1904-04-09
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Tribune carrying the name Glasser
The Salt Lake Tribune 1904-04-05

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 Glasser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Georges Glasser
    Georges Glasser 1907–2002 · businessperson
  • Roberto Glasser 1878–1958 · politician
  • Otto Glasser 1895–1964 · physician
  • Leonard Glasser 1901– · screenwriter
  • Carrie Abramovitz 1913–1999 · economist
  • Arthur Glasser 1914–2009 · military officer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Glasser.

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