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

The Glatz surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,226 people carried this name — #20,204 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

298 people named Glatz live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 73
Zurich 52
Vaud 38
Aargau 28
Thurgau 18
Geneva 17
Basel-Landschaft 14
Fribourg 12

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 149 people named Glatz.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Haut-Rhin 36
Haute-Marne 25
Moselle 17
Bouches-du-Rhône 10
Paris 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Loire 7
Meuse 5

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Glatz is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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