The Glatt surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,713 people carried this name — #16,707 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 172,400 people counted. That is up 35% from 1,272 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Glatt surname
South German and Jewish surname, from the adjective glatt (“sleek, smooth”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Glatt» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
81 people named Glatt live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Glatt.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Glatt,
with a public archive behind them.
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Judith Horn 1861–1940
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Mayer Glatt 1876–1942
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Rachel Glatt 1892–1940
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Adolf Glatt 1899–1984 · painter
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Max Glatt 1912–2002 · physician
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Max Glatt 1912–2002 · physician
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Glatt.
- Glardon 157 · U.S. census
- Glas 650 · U.S. census
- Glaser 10,235 · U.S. census
- Glass 41,802 · U.S. census
- Glasser 4,221 · U.S. census
- Glasson 794 · U.S. census
- Glatz 790 · U.S. census
- Glaude 1,114 · U.S. census
- Glauser 523 · U.S. census
- Glay 131 · U.S. census
- Glaz 225 · U.S. census
- Glee 359 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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